Line #125 Quotes/MeaningfulName


1	->''"But what did we really, sincerely, expect anyway, from a movie in which Slim Pickens plays a character named 'Tex'? If you can think of a single line of dialog that Slim Pickens, as 'Tex,' wouldn't say in ''[[Film/ThePoseidonAdventure Beyond the Poseidon Adventure]]'', please do not miss this movie, which will be filled with amazements and startling revelations."''
2	-->--'''Creator/RogerEbert'''
3
4	->'''Boss:''' Shut up, Scarf!\
5	'''Pashmina:''' My name isn't Scarf, it's Pashmina.\
6	'''Boss:''' Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah! Pashmina is used to make a scarf. You have no other characteristic besides "Scarf". So until further notice, your name is Scarf!\
7	'''Pashmina:''' But...\
8	'''Boss:''' Your name is a noun just like all the other Ham Hams: Hat, Fat, Book, Book 2, Girl, Corpse, VideoGame/PacMan Ghost and Panda. [-Panda's cool, we hung out.-]\
9	'''Maxwell:''' Am I the only one concerned about that corpse?\
10	'''Oxnard:''' NO!
11	-->--''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKzZ6ifUCYk Hamtaro Abridged]]'' by [=JelloApocalypse=]
12
13	->''"Their car breaks down, leaving them stranded in a small town called Conejo Springs (''conejo'' being Spanish for 'rabbit'—and [[{{Anvilicious}} watch out for that anvil]])"''
14	-->-- '''Website/TheAgonyBooth''', ''Film/SDarko: A Donnie Darko Tale''
15
16	->''"''Film/TheMatrix'' is not what you'd call a subtle movie...when the film wanted to hint that [[TheMole Pantoliano will turn traitor]], it named his character after the spelling variant of 'cipher,' which means, among other things, 'zero.' In binary terms, [[GeniusBonus 'zero' is the opposite of 'one,']] which is how everybody refers to Neo, which in turn would make anyone named 'Zero' the polar opposite of the supposed hero of the movie. And doesn't that describe Cypher perfectly? Because he wasn't ''just'' a villain: He represented an entirely different philosophy of dealing with the machines, preferring [[HappinessInSlavery blissful ignorance]] over fighting for [[WasItReallyWorthIt a desolate piece of rock]] with a permanent layer of sun-blocking depression surrounding it."''
17	-->-- '''{{Website/Cracked}}''', [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-movies-plots-given-away-by-characters-names_p2/#ixzz33LvWGIPf "5 Movies Plot Given Away by the Character's Names"]]
18
19	->''"What does it matter what your name is? Take on whatever you wish, make it your own. But know this: a thousandfold names can not [[ArcWords change the nature of a man.]]"''
20	-->-- '''Dak'kon''', ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment''
21
22	->''"Didn't anybody hear that? ''Phil Mygrave''? Isn't anyone going to make a joke about that name?"''
23	-->-- '''{{C\|oolCar}}AR''', ''WesternAnimation/TheReplacements''
24
25	->''"Hard. Head. It's not just a name, you know."''
26	-->-- '''{{Hard\|Head}}head''', ''[[ComicBook/TheTransformersMegaseries Transformers: Revelation]]''
27
28	->''Margaret is Greek, you geek\
29	It means pearl\
30	I'm a pure girl...''
31	-->-- "Philistine", ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'' 2 OST
32
33	->''"Believe it or not, one of the most difficult tasks you face as Dungeon Master is dreaming up cool names for all those places, gods, monsters, and [=NPCs=] you create. As superficial as this chore might seem, nothing kills interest in an ''[[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons AD&D]]''[[TradeSnark ®]] game faster than goofy names. The minute your players are attacked by Gargathrank the Unclean, a great deal of the credibility you've carefully fostered flies straight out the window. Don't forget that the players' first impressions of your game world are based, in part, on the names you choose."''
34	-->-- '''Ray Winninger''', "Dungeoncraft", ''Magazine/{{Dragon}} Magazine'' (May 1999)
35
36	->''"[=DuBois.=] -- It's a French name. It means woods and Blanche means white, so the two together mean white woods. Like an orchard in spring! You can remember it by that."''
37	-->-- '''[=Blanche DuBois=]''', ''Theatre/AStreetcarNamedDesire''
38
39	->"My name is Alice, but--"\
40	"It's a stupid name enough!" Humpty Dumpty interrupted impatiently; "What does it mean?"\
41	"Must a name mean something?" Alice asked doubtfully.\
42	"Of course it must," Humpty Dumpty said with a short laugh...
43	-->-- ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland''
44
45	->''"Eino Leino! It was an Finnish Homopoet who was extremely negative: "Ei" means No in Finnish, and "No" means No in English. So his name was '''No No Lei No!''' And what Lei means, no one knows."''
46	-->-- '''Creator/RobertGustavsson''', as the Homophobic Herman Ers majestät, in one of his sketches.
47
48	->''"Geddit? ''Know'' ''me'' - I'm alone! Genius!"''
49	-->-- '''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick''' on ''[[Film/{{Showgirls}} Nomi Malone]]'' and dripping with sarcasm.
50
51	->''[[GratuitousLatin Nomen est omen]]''
52	-->-- '''[[BilingualBonus Latin proverb]]'''
53
54	->''"When a reader reads that Armand de Bois-Tracy met Nob, he or she will have no problem with distinguishing which one is a viscount and which one is a miller."''
55	-->-- '''[[Franchise/TheWitcher Andrzej Sapkowski]]''', quoted [[http://witcher.wikia.com/wiki/Proper_Names_in_Translation here]].
56
57	->''"His name is ''Brute''? Yeegh, that doesn't sound too promising."''
58	-->-- '''Jack''', ''ComicBook/RapunzelsRevenge''
59
60	->'''Terry:''' What's the creepy lady's power?\
61	'''Tamara:''' I don't know, but they call her 'Bombshell'.\
62	'''Terry:''' Oh, ''[[DeadpanSnarker that's]]'' [[LampshadeHanging encouraging]].
63	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond''
64
65	->'''Clumsy:''' Just because your ''name'' is Grouchy doesn't mean you always have to ''be'' grouchy!\
66	'''Grouchy:''' Uh, yeah. It does.
67	-->-- ''Film/TheSmurfs''
68
69	->''"Her name is '''Regina''' ... for one day she will be '''queen!'''"''
70	-->-- '''Princess Cora''', presenting her newborn daughter to the court, ''Series/OnceUponATime''
71
72	->''"In the midst of all this, there was [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_madoff Bernie Madoff]]. An embezzler named "made off". Hmm... Was the name not a clue? Did he have to be with the accounting firm of Dewey, Fuckyou, and Howe?"''
73	-->-- '''Creator/RobinWilliams''', on Bernie Madoff and the 2008 financial crisis, ''Weapons of Self Destruction''.
74
75	->''"Ooh, a potential father to a new wave of humanity is named Adam - bet that was an all-night brainstormer!"''
76	-->-- '''[[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw]]''' in his review of ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution''
77
78	->''"His parents locked in his career when they named him “[[TheJeeves Jeeves]]”"''
79	-->-- A comment on ''WebVideo/FiveSecondFilms'' short [[http://5secondfilms.com/watch/butlers_behaving_boldly "Butlers Behaving Boldly"]]
80
81	->'''Maurice:''' Well hi there, son, what's your name?\
82	'''Chip:''' Chip![[note]]He's a teacup.[[/note]]\
83	'''Maurice:''' ''examines the large "chip" in his teacup body'' Figures.
84	-->-- ''Theatre/BeautyAndTheBeast'' (stage version)
85
86	->'''Johnny Blaze:''' You know the local top cop, Wyatt?\
87	'''Wyatt Wingfoot:''' Captain Tyrell Manhunter, appropiate name, huh?
88	-->-- ''Blaze'' #4
89
90	->They both started to feel themselves lose warmth, even as the upper floors' fire spread around them. They were alight as if in hell itself. Jaune could barely feel them, but he'd had a revelation once that he would go up in flames.
91	-->-- The ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' fic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10709623/1/A-Fallen-Arc-Forever-Fall-Down Forever Fall Down]]'', describing '''[[JeanneDArchetype Jaune Arc]]''''s death [[note]]Slightly edited for grammar errors.[[/note]]
92
93	->'''Du Quois''': This is Chevalier, Montage, Detente, Avant Garde, and Deja Vu.\
94	'''Deja Vu''': Haven't we met before, monsieur?\
95	'''Nick''': I don't think so.\
96	'''Du Quois''': Over there: Croissant, Souffle, Escargot, and [[TokenMinority Chocolate Mousse]].
97	-->-- ''Film/TopSecret''
98
99	->''"When you find someone's name, it's often a good idea to find out why they were named so."''
100	-->-- '''Misho Thrice-Radiant''', ''Webcomic/KeychainOfCreation''
101
102	->"And one of these kings was called Misho, and he was named Thrice-Radiant. To his peers, this was for his sorcery, his memory, and his swordsmanship. To the common people, it was for his insight, his charisma, and his compassion."
103	-->-- ''Webcomic/KeychainOfCreation''
104
105	->''"You know what this means? It means ''VideoGame/TheLastStand'' series is a '''long con'''. This is what they were leading up to! They try to hook you on the early games, force you to play online later, then move in for the kill with ''[[AllegedlyFreeGame Dead Zone]]''. Man... I admit, when I saw this was made by "Con Artists Productions", I thought they were just being stylish. I didn't suspect this game was '''literally''' made by con artists. Like, my homepage is "Accursed Farms", but that's just a name I made up. I don't actually live on a farm with fallow earth, and possessed cows, and a sentient scarecrow like in [[Literature/ScaryStoriesToTellInTheDark that one scary stories book]]. Not yet, anyway."''
106	-->-- ''WebVideo/RosssGameDungeon''
107
108	->'''Hava:''' People who are partnered with K'seliss have a tendency to die horribly.\
109	'''Fox:''' He's just trying to scare you. What's your name?\
110	'''Dies:''' ...Dies-Horribly.
111	-->-- ''Webcomic/{{Goblins}}''
112
113	->"Fishiest of all fishy places was the Try Pots, which well deserved its name; for the pots there were always boiling chowders. Chowder for breakfast, and chowder for dinner, and chowder for supper, till you began to look for fish-bones coming through your clothes. The area before the house was paved with clam-shells."
114	-->-- ''Literature/MobyDick''
115
116	->''"I thought about how Frank Herbert arrived at the name [[Literature/{{Dune}} Arrakis]]. The Fremen are Buddhist Arabs. The Zen-Sunni wanderers. Their language is Arabic. Bi-lal Kaifa, Ilm & Fiqh, Karama & Ijaz, Kitab al-Ibar. Arrakis is meant to have descended from al-Rakis, "The Dancer." So, that's a path right there. Frank Herbert didn't think "What's a bad-ass name?" He thought "Who named this place? What language did they speak?" He further thought "How do planets get their names?" Well, 'planet' means 'wanderer.' Wanderer is Planet in Greek, so Arrakis is Dancer in Arabic. This was a fertile line of thinking."''
117	-->-- '''Matthew Colville''', on how he chose the name for Shear, ''VideoGame/{{Evolve}}''
118
119	->''"So your name means "War Battle?!" That's awesome! [[DiscussedTrope Also probably a sign of the unfortunate times you were born into?]] What a sad thought, I'm sorry."''
120	-->-- '''Sydney''' to '''Gunnhildr''', ''Webcomic/GrrlPower''
121
122	->''"If you want something from the map-loving and map-owning Mapson, it must be a map, yes?"''
123	-->-- '''Mapson''', ''VideoGame/Mother3''
124
125	->'''Kirsten [=McDuffie=]:''' Do you figure his parents just '''assumed''' he'd grow up to be evil when they named him "'''[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Zebediah Killgrave]]'''"?\
126	'''Daredevil:''' Yeah. We call it the "[[ComicBook/DoctorDoom Victor von Doom]]" paradox.
127	-->-- ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} Vol 4 #10''
128
129	-> ''I know [the name Kevin is] mundane, but "Kilgrave"? Talk about obvious. Was "Murdercorpse" already taken?''
130	-->-- '''Jessica''', ''Series/JessicaJones2015''
131
132	->''Lazarus, {{back from the dead}}. Should have known, really.''
133	-->-- '''The Doctor''', ''Series/DoctorWho'', "The Lazarus Experiment"
134
135	->''"You can tell [this car] here is the champion. He has a #1 on him and he drives over the static better than anyone else, and his name is 'Champion'. He'd have a much different career if his name was 'Loser'."''
136	-->-- '''WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob''', review of ''The Little Cars in the Great Race''
137
138	->'''Ranger Park:''' I'm Ranger Park, the park ranger.\
139	'''Fry:''' I get it!
140	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', "Spanish Fry"
141
142	->''If he were meant to be a good guy, he'll [sic] probably be called "Benedict".''
143	-->--'''Malcolm Landgraab''''s bio, ''VideoGame/TheSimsBustinOut'' (console version)
144
145	->[[{{Hobbits}} Soddits]], as I say, don't call themselves soddits. In their own tongue, which is queer and old and full of syntactical-grammatical inconsistencies, they call themselves ''hobblds.'' Now, there's a reason why they refer to themselves in this manner, and not by the name of soddit like everybody else in the world, and the reason is found in their feet. Shocking feet, they have. Just shocking. Whatever the reason – and soddits down the ages have blamed [[MultipleChoicePast the gods, or an ancient wizard's curse, or inadequate orthopaedic practice, or congenital disease, or a dozen other factors]] – whatever the reason, soddits are almost all of them afflicted with [[AgonyOfTheFeet appalling arthritis of the feet]].
146	-->--''The Soddit''
147
148	->''"Bernie Madoff"... That reads like fucking fiction. And if you read it as fiction, you'd go, "Well, his last name's Madoff? snort That's bullshit! You gotta be kiddin' me! I'm not gonna finish ''this'' book."''
149	-->--'''Creator/LewisBlack''', ''Stark Raving Black''
150
151	-> ''So the ''bad guy'' was Dominic ''Badguy!''\
152	[{{beat}}]\
153	Honestly we should have seen that one coming.''
154	--> '''Rowlf''', ''Film/MuppetsMostWanted''
155
156	->"'Mr. Slither! What a perfect name for a man who keeps snakes,' said Dick."
157	-->-- ''Literature/TheFamousFive: Five Have A Wonderful Time''
158
159	->'''Ox:''' What's yer name?\
160	'''Wedgehead:''' Wedgehead.\
161	'''Ox:''' I love literal naming! Isn't that right, Gibberish Cat?\
162	''(Cut to Gibberish Cat, who babbles incoherently)''
163	-->--''WesternAnimation/{{Uglydolls}}''
164
165	->'''Sorrelkit''': "What are you going to name them when they're born?"\
166	'''Sandstorm''': "Well, we won't decide on names until they're born. We need to see what they look like before we decide what to call them."\
167	'''Sorrelkit''': "Why?"\
168	'''Sandstorm''': "Think about it this way. Would it make sense if a queen chose to name her kits Flamekit, Sunkit, and Dawnkit only for all of them to be gray with brown eyes?"
169	-->-- ''Fanfic/BitterRepercussions''
170
171	->'''Chris''': Oh hi. I'm Chris.
172	->'''Kazooie''': Chris? Not very pig-like, if you ask me.
173	->'''Chris''': Actually, it's Chris P. Bacon.
174	->'''Kazooie''': Oh, I see...
175	-->-- ''VideoGame/BanjoTooie''
176
177	->'''Bill''': Ah'm Bill.\
178	'''Kazooie''': I'll bet your other name is gold-related. What is it? Gold Bar Bill? Klondike Bill?\
179	'''Bill''': Nope. Bullion Bill's mah name!\
180	'''Kazooie''': Thought so.
181	-->-- ''VideoGame/BanjoTooie''
182
183	->'''Frank''': What's your name? Come on, names are a hobby of mine.\
184	'''Gideon''': Jason Gideon.\
185	'''Frank''': Jason. From Greek mythology, "to heal". Gideon, a hero from the Old Testament who led the Israelites against the Midianites. Your parents had great expectations of you. I'm Frank. Germanic, third century, derived from the name of a kind of spear. I wonder what expectations my parents had of me?
186	-->--''Series/CriminalMinds''
187
188	->'''Jaune:''' I know his name now.\
189	'''Pyrrha:''' Of the man from your memories?\
190	'''Jaune:''' Yeah. His name is Nihilus.\
191	'''Pyrrha:''' Hmm. ''[mulls over the name for a second]'' Nihilus. Nihil. Means nothingness. Seems fitting, I guess.
192	-->-- ''Fanfic/JauneArcLordOfHunger'', "[[Recap/JauneArcLordOfHungerGnawing Gnawing]]"
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194
195	->''"Your whole case was founded on the idea that a man looking like a young god couldn't be called Potter? Believe me, names are not so appropriately distributed."''
196	-->-- ''Literature/FatherBrown''
197
198	->'''Iron Man:''' Don't worry. I'm keeping an eye on Dr. Vincent Stegron. And by the way, how's that for nominative determinism? Pretty much knew what you'd be the day you were born, huh, Steggy? What was it like when you told your parents you were gonna be a paleontologist? I'm guessing they didn't even bother trying to steer you towards law school.\
199	'''Stegron the Dinosaur Man:''' Sssilence, mammal!
200	-->--''[[{{ComicBook/SecretWars2015}} Secret Wars (2015)]]'', ''Spider-Island'' #3
201
202	->'''Uncle Writes-Prompt-Thank-You-Cards''': Dear boy, your name is... not without meaning.\
203	'''Jedrington Secret-Past''': What, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Jedrington?]]
204	-->--''Series/TheBleakOldShopOfStuff''
205
206	->''"Oh my god. So Grandma Hebrewberg is actually Jewish?"''
207	-->--'''Lois''', ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', "Family Goy"
208
209	->''You are so incurably romantic that your whole case was founded on the idea that a man looking like a young god couldn't be called Potter. Believe me, names are not so appropriately distributed.''
210	-->-- Literature/FatherBrown, deconstructing the trope.
211
212	->'''Spraug:''' My name is Spraug. It means Fearless.\
213	'''Leia:''' You're ''shaking'', Spraug.\
214	'''Spraug:''' It's just a name.
215	-->--''ComicBook/StarWarsInvasion'' subverting the trope.
216
217	->''"I don't know if anyone ever told you, but your name sure suits you."''
218	-->-- '''Sid Boggle''', ''Film/CarryOnCamping''
219
220	->'''[[VideoGame/{{Skylanders}} Persephone]]''': Sorrowheart? What an unhappy name.\
221	'''"Sorrowheart"'''[[note]]actually Crestfeather playing a character[[/note]]: It means having strength despite your hardships.
222	-->-- ''Fanfic/SkylandersReturnToTheRuins''
223
224	->''"This is Erotica, daughter, and she's just been with one of her ''X'' lovers. 'X' being the Latin word for 'ten'."''
225	-->-- '''Lurcio''', ''Film/UpPompeii''
226
227	->''"'Groping'. What? That's not only his name, that's his hobby."''
228	-->-- '''Lurk''', ''Film/UpTheFront''
229
230	->"Now, if there's anything I know about Jeremy Boreing, its that he lives up to his f[blank]ing name."
231	-->--'''j aubrey''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEvxuG6mevQ The Facade of Steven Crowder \| An Empire of Hate and Hypocrisy]]
232
233	->'''Ranok''': And this is Vulgor.\
234	'''Vulgor''': Oh, for fuck’s sake!
235	-->-- ''VisualNovel/FarBeyondTheWorld''
236
237	->'''Panty''': Can this get any more fucking predictable?\
238	'''Stocking''': Nope. She's a queen, she's a bee. She's a Queen Bee. We fucking get it!
239	-->-- ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt''
240
241	->''"He may be small, and he may be scared, but standing up to our fears is what makes us brave in the first place. That's why his name is Courage!"''
242	-->-- '''Boomstick''' on WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog, ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle''
243
244	->'''Konyek:''' ''"See how beautiful her calf is-— what are you going to call it?"\
245	'''Konyek's father:''' ''"Now is the month of November, when the clouds in the heavens turn white. Look at the horizon, my son, look at the clouds fat as goats after the rain of the Pleiades, and white as their kids. Let us call her the Calf of the November Cloud, because that was the time of her birth, and because there is a mark on her forehead which is like a small white cloud."''
246	-->-- ''Literature/TheCalfOfTheNovemberCloud''
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