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Ridiculous Game Character Names Exposed

Posted by simoniker on from the like-super-mario dept.

Thanks to 1UP for their chart of the most ridiculous videogame character names ever. Among the crazed picks are Higharolla Kockamamie from Snake's Revenge ("How many 8-year-olds of the time were expected to get the Ayatollah Khomeini reference here is questionable"), Rocket Billy Redcadillac from Gungrave O.D. ("Here's a name so gloriously stupid, the mind protests at being asked to accept it"), and Fred Askare & Paula Abghoul from Castlevania IV ("Presumably from the same translation department that gave us Love Chaney, Jr. and Boris Karloffice.") Any other nominations?

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  1. Other names... by Hackie_Chan · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Duke Nukem, Serious Sam, Max Payne...

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    What's so bad about being lazy? What if there was a war and nobody showed up?
  2. Re:the best one is missing by psp · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The name Guybrush comes from that they called the file with the then-unnamed player guy.brush, because all SCUMM characters are called brushes.

  3. Dingoctopogina by LiberalApplication · · Score: 2, Interesting
    My favorites:

    1) Dingo Jehuty (PS2 - Zone of Enders 2)
    2) Decoy Octopus (PS1 - Metal Gear Solid)
    3) Quattro Vagina (PS1 - Gundam: Char's Counterattack)

    We've got a dog, an 8-legged spy, and something which can only be theorized to be multi-cunted. Oh the number of times I've hit "game-over" because I was too busy giggling.