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Post by Admiral Rodgers on Apr 13, 2011 9:23:12 GMT -5
Now this is not a thread where every thinks of good names for super heroes/villains , tis one where we look at why and how they got there names.
I have thought about it and narrowed down to a few catigories for why a superhero or vaillain is named what he/she is , they can often fall under more than one bracket though.
1.Descriptive
Descriptive names are the most obvious the describe either what the character does or what the characters looks like or what the characters powers are like , examples include - Spiderman (powers of a spider), Electro (electrical powers coupled with dressed as a spark), Beast (...looks like a beast),Storm(obvious) and The Avengers (this is one to show what they do...avenge , even if they dont do it thats why there name is the avengers...presumably), Captain America (dressed as a flag)
2.In keeping with a Motif
This is a popular type where by a hero or villain's name is apparent to keep with there motif , such as Batman (his whole bat costume , scared of bats , lair full of bats) or the Riddler (loves riddler , dressed as a question mark and has a whole riddle motive) Captain America (Fights to keep justice in America , A patriot and all round perfect American)
3.It sounds cool
This is a very frequent one , whereby a hero or villain has a name , purely/mainly because it sounds cool .These ones often dont have any real connotations to the superheroes motive or the way they look , its usually because it sounds awesome, examples - Nightwing (What has he got to do with this other than going out at night )
Can anyone think of other reasons why ?
i will be making another on How they gained these names.
constructive critizism welcome , this is my first proper article.
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Post by Supreme Marvel on Apr 13, 2011 9:28:23 GMT -5
Well Dick chose Nightwing because he was told of a story from Superman about a group of people called Nightwing and Flamebird on Krypton or saved people and such. So he adopted the name.
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Post by Admiral Rodgers on Apr 13, 2011 9:31:15 GMT -5
Well Dick chose Nightwing because he was told of a story from Superman about a group of people called Nightwing and Flamebird on Krypton or saved people and such. So he adopted the name. Thanks ! , I've never really done an article so i wasn't sure if i'd made loads of mistakes , i'll get that changed  |
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Post by Admiral Rodgers on Apr 13, 2011 9:32:55 GMT -5
Wait does he have anything do to with them other than also being someone who helps , coz its a really cool name and im thinking Grayson may have agreed  |
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Post by Admiral Rodgers on Apr 13, 2011 9:44:34 GMT -5
anyone one got any other reasons why there names are so ?
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Post by Supreme Marvel on Apr 13, 2011 9:45:48 GMT -5
Wait does he have anything do to with them other than also being someone who helps , coz its a really cool name and im thinking Grayson may have agreed |
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Post by Supreme Marvel on Apr 13, 2011 9:46:21 GMT -5
Sorry, I just remembered, Nightwing and Flamebird were "Gods" on Krypton.
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Post by Admiral Rodgers on Apr 13, 2011 9:47:05 GMT -5
Wait does he have anything do to with them other than also being someone who helps , coz its a really cool name and im thinking Grayson may have agreed I see , i maintain he chose the name because its badass , any reasons why superheroes myt choose there names ? |
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Post by Supreme Marvel on Apr 13, 2011 9:54:13 GMT -5
They usually pick something that's of relevance to them. Or in Superman's case what people or Lois thought the 'S' might stand for. When, on Krypton it meant, hope.
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Post by Admiral Rodgers on Apr 13, 2011 9:58:56 GMT -5
They usually pick something that's of relevance to them. Or in Superman's case what people or Lois thought the 'S' might stand for. When, on Krypton it meant, hope. Like the motif reason ? thats a good factoid , i always thought it stood for superman |
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Post by Supreme Marvel on Apr 13, 2011 10:02:55 GMT -5
Bruce chose Batman because he was afraid of bats, and he wanted criminals to fear him the way that he did with bats. So bats was relevant to him.
The hard one will be to find a character that just picks a name randomly.
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Post by Admiral Rodgers on Apr 13, 2011 10:15:57 GMT -5
Bruce chose Batman because he was afraid of bats, and he wanted criminals to fear him the way that he did with bats. So bats was relevant to him.
The hard one will be to find a character that just picks a name randomly. Yeah i now that , its his motif , the batman , because of his fear of them he wanted to "turn fear on those who prey on the fearful" and thats why he began the bat legacy |
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Post by Admiral Rodgers on Apr 13, 2011 10:18:11 GMT -5
Bruce chose Batman because he was afraid of bats, and he wanted criminals to fear him the way that he did with bats. So bats was relevant to him.
The hard one will be to find a character that just picks a name randomly. Mostly they fall under more than one bracket , Bane ? because he's the death of people presumably but id say its more so to intimadate people |
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Post by Supreme Marvel on Apr 13, 2011 10:30:21 GMT -5
I think that might that might have been explained in Vengeance of Bane. I haven't read them in a long while. But your reason seems more than acceptable.
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Post by InnerVenom123 on Apr 13, 2011 11:04:50 GMT -5
Eddie picked Venom because of the things going on in his life ("Forced to spew venomous tabloid drivel!") ... does that count as any of your three? |
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Post by Erik-El on Apr 13, 2011 11:44:47 GMT -5
Well Dick chose Nightwing because he was told of a story from Superman about a group of people called Nightwing and Flamebird on Krypton or saved people and such. So he adopted the name. I thought he chose Nightwing because he goes out at night with Batman and is Bruce's wing man when picking up the ladies. :s |
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Post by ckal on Apr 13, 2011 12:14:05 GMT -5
Clever girl.
Jurassic part reference.
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Post by Supreme Marvel on Apr 13, 2011 13:19:44 GMT -5
Well Dick chose Nightwing because he was told of a story from Superman about a group of people called Nightwing and Flamebird on Krypton or saved people and such. So he adopted the name. I thought he chose Nightwing because he goes out at night with Batman and is Bruce's wing man when picking up the ladies. :s No. Read Nightwing or Batman Year Three. I think. It's one of them. |
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Post by Admiral Rodgers on Apr 13, 2011 14:12:00 GMT -5
Eddie picked Venom because of the things going on in his life ("Forced to spew venomous tabloid drivel!") ... does that count as any of your three? It could fall uner desciptive(describing his secret identity life) I guess , but if i had to , i would put an "others" category for reasons such as this that aren't widespread enough to obtain a category in themselves due to only being a singular or very few examples. |
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Post by Power NeXus on Apr 13, 2011 14:47:57 GMT -5
Superheroes get 'superhero names' for a reason very well outlined by Bruce Wayne in Batman Begins. One of the main points of being a hero (or a villian) is to inspire people. Whether you are trying to inspire them to hope or to despair, you have to be noticable about it. Nobody is going to be shocked into fear by a supervillian named Dave. Nobody is going to feel hopefull when the superhero Kevin flies overhead. Having a name that normal people has tells the public that they are just normal people too. But as Bruce Wayne was saying to Alfred, to be truly inspiring you have to be more than just a person. You have to be a symbol. Superheroes and supervillians choose names as they do because they want to be recognized as a symbol instead of another normal person.
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