For those of you who nickname your 'mons, how do you go about it? I almost always name them after constellations because I'm a space nerd. For example, I named this Cloyster I just caught Pyxis, which is a southern constellation for a mariner's compass.
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I just name em stupid things
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Either after my close friends or names I come up with on the spot. On Ricks or Steel Licks .
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I try to think of something significant in some way. Sometimes placing the names ironically.
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>>17012391 I named my Cloyster Vajina for obvious reasons
Inb4 grammar nazi: It's vagina* you dumbfuck
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>>17012391 nice theme, i just general take the loose theme of what the pokemon is based on or what its going to be doing find a nickname depending on that
for example I named my Golurk Archimedes because his skirt thing is reminiscent of roman armour, his legs look vaguely like the sort of greek statues which also ties in with the romans thing and Archimedes was credited with inventing a lot of old machines
I called my hitmontop Schrodinger because i have it holding an eject button but it also has wide guard and quick guard so its a little bit of mystery if hell wall the opponents attack or switch out, the uncertainty aspect=Schrodingers cat
I nicknamed my mixed doubles greninjas Kaede for no reason other than a ninja from my favourite manga is called that
>inb4 naruto its negima
really its just a mixed bag, i try not to stick to themes to much but i do have a thing for longer names
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It really depends, if I'm going to wonder trade them I give them dumb and obscene names. If I'm goin to use them then inspiration comes at random.
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>Meloetta >Delphox >Gardevoir >Lopunny >Mawile >Glaceon
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>>17012530 Did you name your flygon after the band? Because if so, kudos anon.
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My team usually ends up sharing names with characters from a piece if media I've recently enjoyed. I think my next run might be Lethal Weapon themed.
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After I finish breeding, I just come up with something. Sometimes it's something related to the pokemon, like with Heliolisk. I knew it was sun-based. Sun is "sol", so it got the name 'Sol'dier. Sometimes it's random though, my Avalugg is named Interrobang.
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I only nickname bred Mons. The name is determined by the first letter of the generation the Mon is from (with the first gen starting at the letter if the pokename. So for espurrs it starts at E and after 4 gens of breeding the name would start with H) obviously also trying to work in puns
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>>17013425 Yeah, I only nickname 'mons I've bred too. That, or ones that I plan on using for a while, regardless if they're bred.
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>>17012391 find out what animals or things they are based on then use a corruption of those scientific names if I like the aesthetic.
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I name my pokemon with the times. My best names: Pinsir-Versace
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>>17012391 Just using kaiju names this gen
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>>17013469 Did the same. Ended up naming my Scizor Onthfaggos
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>>17013475 WuTang names sounds great.
>>17013469 >>17013496 That's kind of what I do with the constellations thing. If there's an obvious connection (Murkrow = Corvus, the crow), then I'll run with it.
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I usually think of a name based off of the looks of the Pokemon.>Venusaur - Cedar >Sceptile - Cypress >Serperior - Ivy
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Yugioh cards >tfw you cant name your pokemons after the monsters of your deck because Fire Fist.
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>>17013590 I love it. I should start naming my 'mons based on Digimon or Monster Rancher.
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>>17013590 Funny
I named my Talonflame Cardinal
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Ann 4828-5102-6788 Diggersby,Wooper,Nincada Tue 31 Dec 2013 01:03:54 No. 17013671 Report Most of my mons are named after toku shit
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>>17013578 thats pretty sick. Also Latin is a good option. For example Ignis=Flame. Who cares, COCKGOBLER it is
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Whatever pops into my noggin.
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I'm a language geek so I'll choose a lesser known language, translate the name into that language and then play with the phonetics until the word sounds like a name.
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>>17013722 can i suck your dick while you speak in other languages?
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>>17013658 actually, that is pretty fitting.
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I don't really think about nicknames, I just come up with them on the spot.
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>>17013722 This is pretty fly. I might try this with Spanish or Latin or my next run.
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I tend to use names from mythology, particularly Ancient Greek.
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>>17012391 I name mine after mythological figures, like my Dragalge named Poseidon, Glaceon named Skadi, and Swampert called Achilles (one weakness bound to kill him).
I'd list more but I don't want to sound boring and cliche.
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Only just getting back into Pokemon. Stopped after Crystal and playing through Emerald right now for the first time.
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>>17013770 Those are fun. Throw in some Greek too, it's always awesome. It's essentially mimicking the real process of nomenclature evolution.
>>17013753 Give me a list. My tongue verses yours. Anonymous
i give most of my pokemon cute dorky names like reginald the reuniclus and francis the whimsicott
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>>17013767 wow nice clue to which megaevolution it is if you decide to run X
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>>17013838 >My tongue versus yours >>17013843 Diggin' the old school horror references.
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>>17013846 I don't play Ubers.
It's the reason why I'll name my Mewtwo in Y Kornheiser.
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Mostly to stuff I like/have liked in the past. For instance, I've named my Weavile Konrad Cruze, after the Night Lords Primarch from 40k, as I believe it's rather fitting. Another one is T-Bone, my Tyrantium. Named after the leader of the Extreme Dinosaurs from the show of the same name.
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Ann 4828-5102-6788 Diggersby,Wooper,Nincada Tue 31 Dec 2013 01:16:23 No. 17013958 Report Quoted By:
>>17013933 >Extreme Dinosaurs EXTREME Mr. Pokemon !D0842i3RdA
>>17013933 >Not naming Greninja Sasuke Anonymous
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>>17013843 >not Reginald the Parasect I-i swear I only watched Haydunn for his Pokemon Snakewood Nuzlocke[/spoiler[ Anonymous
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>>17013864 10/10 would swoon again
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>>17013933 Mawile and Totodile have big jaws, so I'd go with something in that theme. With Greninja, you've got a plethora of ninja-related stuff, as well as some cool frog species, so I'd suggest you find a poison dart frog name you like. My Ampharos was named Thor or some generic bullshit like that, but dig around for some cooler thunder god names maybe.
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>>17012938 waifu faggot detected
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Ann 4828-5102-6788 Diggersby,Wooper,Nincada Tue 31 Dec 2013 01:19:37 No. 17014042 Report >>17013959 >Not naming it Jiraiya Anonymous
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I named my Greeninja strider Hyriu the one I use for battles.
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>>17014042 >Not naming it Itachi Anonymous
i need good suggestions too. looking to rename Arcanine, Talonflame, Tyrantrum, Heracross, Venusaur and Noibat.
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I name my pokemon after songs, bands, artists, albums, etc.
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>>17014021 A while ago someone mentioned Gamakichi, which loosely translated to "Based Frog," in Japanese. I was also considering Michigian, for obvious reasons.
As for Totodile, I wanted something Cajun sounding but I couldn't think of anything. The name Crackle came to mind, but eh.
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I named my Greeninja Strider Hiryu, no idea why people don't name him that more often.
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Pop Culture references/stupid puns for the most part.
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Ann 4828-5102-6788 Diggersby,Wooper,Nincada Tue 31 Dec 2013 01:29:55 No. 17014391 Report Quoted By:
>>17014063 >Not wanting to name your Greninja after an American rollerskating cowboy frog ninja Anonymous
>>17014185 If you're thinking Cajun, maybe go with a cool spice or dish like Jambalaya or something. Gamakichi sounds really cool, though.
>>17014140 Arcanine I would name after a childhood dog or something, as it was always one of my favs when I was a kid and Gen I came out. I like to name my birds (and flying types, really) after jet planes, so Talonflame and Noibat could both go for that. Tyrantrum has those jaws again, so there's that, but I'd also think about one of the Godzilla kaijus, maybe. Even though it's not specifically designed that way, I've always thought of Heracross as a boxer or a MMA fighter, so I'd go with Mike Tyson or something. As for Venusaur, I always like to name my Grass types after real-life plants like Nightshade or something, so maybe use that kind of theme.
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Hawlucha = Nacho
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at least for xy I tried keeping a theme
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For B/W2 I did basic Latin names.
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I nickname mine as characters from Warhammer 40k.and named myself Creed so I can attribute all my victories to TACTICAL GENIUS
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Carlos 0662-3792-4042 [Psychic: Munna, Espurr, Girafarig] Tue 31 Dec 2013 01:37:25 No. 17014626 Report I name them after cliché architects and the materials they used in their constructions related with the pokémon type
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I usually go for something that's slightly funny but without being completely retarded. Sometimes an inside joke, a silly pun, but nothing offensive.
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Should I name my Trevenant "Accordient"?
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The names i choose depends, some are serius, some are less. But i still like the names I've given them>samefag the ditto
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Cunning linguist here,
>>17014140 Arcanine
>Shunjin from Mandarin 迅烬 (xùnjìn) - quick ember Talonflame
>Lizhao from Mandarin 利爪 (lìzhǎo) - talon Tyrantrum
>Chran from Mandarin 皘髯 (qiànrán) - white beard Heracross
>Rong from Mandarin 荣 (róng) - honor (Fighting type) Venusaur
>Duma from Mandarin 毒蟆 (dúmá) - poison toad Noibat
>Shang-dang from Mandarin 响当当 (xiǎngdāngdāng) - resounding, loud I tried, I'm not a big Mandarin expert.
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>>17014732 Sure, that sounds ok.
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>>17014446 Delphox: Kanon
MeowsticF: Kanon
Slurpuff: Kanon
Meinshao: Kanon
Talonflame: Kanon
Espeon: Kanon
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>>17014626 fjhjas;
That's pretty cool, bru.
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>>17014881 I think you mean Shannon
oh wait
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>>17013671 Is there a community for foreign, non-anime TV on the internet?
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I have quite a few nicknames.
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>>17014789 >Cunning Linguist >chinafag names >cunning I'm not even anti-nickname but those are all shit
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>>17014026 No, I just like cute pokemon because amie. I don't even understand how people can find Glaceon and Mawile attractive.
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>>17014958 I dig most of these, especially Beezulbug and Bear Force 1.
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>>17014980 I guess Glaceon looks like a Hime cut girl.
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>>17014970 >not recognizing the cunnilingus pun Yeah, they could use some refining, but hey, it's a start.
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>>17014910 That is a good nickname. The reason I was going to give "Accordient" was because it eats like an accordion moves and it is a living tree, like an Ent
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I recently got into nicknaming, and I usually keep with a theme, or go with something that would produce mouthful nicknames like a douche. >Pain the Vivillon >Suffering the Gengar >Penance the Houndoom >Hellion/Hellbore the Volcarona. >Agamemnon the Heracross >Lilith the Milotic >Hemlock the Scolipede.
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>>17012391 The first word that pops into my head. It's usually just a corruption of the name of the pokemon.
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I named my Sudowoodo Telephony because it reminds me of those telephone poles that they try to disguise as trees but everyone knows that they're not.
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>>17015086 >Pain >Suffering >Penance CRAAAAWLING IN MY SKIIIIIN
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>>17014958 >Lasagna Crab >Bear Force 1 You make me really happy, Anon.
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>>17015086 >Lilith the Milotic Niiiiiiiiiiiice. I dig Jewish mythology a bit, so that's really cool.
>>17015123 Huh, never seen those before. Where do you live? It might just be a regional/country thing.
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>>17015124 I know, I know.
I was going for a 'Hell' theme, but- I nixed all that pretty quickly.
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>>17015058 >not ActualWoodo Anonymous
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>>17014619 If I had to name something Magnus, it'd be Alakazam. I realize Delphox is a red wizard thing, but Alakazam is a fucking classic, man.
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>>17012391 I am sorry for being a burden but does anyone here now how to get a rap in spin on a cloyster. I am willing to trade 4-5 IV froakie, mudkip, tyrunt,
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I intend to make a Saint Seiya team when Pokébank opens. Already done Gemini (Kangaskhan) and Scorpio (Gliscor) so far.
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>>17015207 Pretty sure you just breed it with a Kabuto, dude.
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>>17014416 >>17014789 thanks for the suggestions!
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Senpai 4871 4724 2679 Illumise/Butterfree/Pinsir Tue 31 Dec 2013 02:02:36 No. 17015253 Report Quoted By:
>>17012391 I named my Cloyster Kegel for obvious reasons. Other than that I just name them with references or puns
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>>17015154 California, I dunno where that pic was taken but around here there's a ton of them disguised as palm trees. I don't even like palm trees and now I have to deal with robot ones too.
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>>17015154 My cat's name is Lilith. Her brother was going to be Samael, but I thought that was a bit too weird.
Also, thank you.
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>>17015239 Can you get Kabuto in poke Y?
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IGN (Marcus) 0490-5952-5641 Ice (Lapras, Sneasel, Delibird) Tue 31 Dec 2013 02:04:01 No. 17015296 Report Quoted By:
>>17013590 I would already hate dueling you
my SteelShogun
Golurk would rek u
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Senpai 4871 4724 2679 Illumise/Butterfree/Pinsir Tue 31 Dec 2013 02:05:47 No. 17015344 Report >>17013590 >Fire Fist my nigga, what you run? 4 or mixed?
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it really depends on the pokemon. Some have been named foreign names, some get nouns, some get regular names i find to be appropriate.Hyperweapon
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>>17015260 Yeah, I'm from the Midwest and I've never been too far west, so maybe it's just a regional thing. If they look like palm trees, I figured I would have seen them the multiple times I've been to Florida, but I never have.
>>17015295 In Y, yeah. You revive it from the Dome Fossil. Hit up Bulbapedia, man.
>>17015271 Samael would be a great cat name, you should have went with that.
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I usually name my Pokemon after puns/pop culture references.female Delphox named "Vixen," Hawlucha named "Rawk Hawk," etc.Autism intensifies >Elise, Leavanny >Lissandra, Cofagrius >Jinx, Krokorok >Fishbones, Basculin >Lux, Gavantula >Swain, Archeops
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>>17015295 the glittering cave or whatever its called. The place after the cave when the camera zooms in behind you.
break the stones you find there and you get random fossiles sometimes. Yes you can get kabuto from them
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Ann 4828-5102-6788 Diggersby,Wooper,Nincada Tue 31 Dec 2013 02:08:08 No. 17015401 Report Quoted By:
>>17014947 Not as far as I know
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Honestly, I just choose stupid shit that barely or not even relates to the Pokemon. female Clefable.
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>>17015016 >implying a person on 4-fucking-chan wouldn't get that pun They're still shit names
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>>17015357 I went with Lucian.
>tfw the neighbors call him 'Lucifer' anyways. IGN (Marcus) 0490-5952-5641 Ice (Lapras, Sneasel, Delibird)
IGN (Marcus) 0490-5952-5641 Ice (Lapras, Sneasel, Delibird) Tue 31 Dec 2013 02:10:38 No. 17015453 Report >>17015344 >not using Infernape just to name it Bro-Fist Anonymous
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>>17015451 Those neighbors sound like swell people.
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Senpai 4871 4724 2679 Illumise/Butterfree/Pinsir Tue 31 Dec 2013 02:13:45 No. 17015514 Report >>17015453 >implying I didn't let my brother borow my 3DS so he can beat the new Zelda game jerk :(
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>>17012528 >Scizor = CHILDPROOF This reminds me of a battle I actually enjoyed. I "passed by" a showderp faggot with "Diggersby tho" as his message. His Sizor was nammed "Dont run with" and I nearly lost my shit. I gained respect for showderp fags though because it was probably the funnest battle I've had in a long time and he didn't use a copy-pasted team. Just barely lost to his pain split dusclopse. If you're reading this anon, you're a pretty cool guy.
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I try go to with something cute/funny while being thematic. Failing that I relate back to what the pokemon is named or designed after and look up a list of famous animals or something.
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IGN (Marcus) 0490-5952-5641 Ice (Lapras, Sneasel, Delibird) Tue 31 Dec 2013 02:15:04 No. 17015552 Report Anonymous
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For Pokemon I don't really care about I'll just use whatever name pops into my head first, but for my EV-trained elites I like to put some work in. I just bred a Sniper Kingdra named Dragunov
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Senpai 4871 4724 2679 Illumise/Butterfree/Pinsir Tue 31 Dec 2013 02:18:02 No. 17015641 Report >>17015552 thought you were talking shit, I am drunk and playing Ni No Kuni so I read it that weird
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I can't be the only one that named their Blaziken Sriracha
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I don't really have a style to my nicknames, but these are some of my favorites.
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>>17015641 I wasn't nicknaming 'mons backed when I played Emerald, but that would have been a good nickname.
>>17015649 Gurgurant, Nyarlathotep, and Golgantes are all badass names, yo.
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>>17015649 >Hyperius the Invincible BL2, right?
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>>17015649 >Gogantes >Methuselah >Nyarlathotep Dude. 11/10
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>>17015808 Wait its says kabuto's rapid spin is an egg move he doesn't learn it buy leveling does he?
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>>17015808 >>17015684 >people like my names Thanks anons
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>>17012391 for every different playthrough I name my mons differently. Like for my current playthrough of firered I'm naming them after philosophers, and for platinum I'm naming them after top rappers
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Lump the Torkoal
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>>17015933 >Magikarp the Aggron Anonymous
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>>17015883 I- I don't think you meant me, but no.
I had to breed mine with a Squirtle that knew Rapid Spin.
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>>17013475 just gave me a good idea
>name mons with the theme of clothing designers >versace, burbrrybrit , armani, gucci Cartier: 0318-8143-6111
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Greninja: Garrett
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>>17015933 Lucha*-Dora
Thanks auto correct.
Also dubs.
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I'm working on nicknames right now
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I go with East+West animation and folklore themes very often:
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>>17016120 >Amphitrite Personally, I was too freaked out by my female Gyrados (PokemonAmie, holy shit) but that is a good name for a female water type.
Amethyst and Black Joker are cool, too.
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I'm pretty guilty for giving them really cutesy names, naming them after characters from shows or books I like, or after a word I randomly turn to in a dictionary. A lot of them are named after foods too. Some examples are a female Dragalge named Gumdrop, a Xerneas named Pellucid, a Whimsicott named Absinthe, and a Mr. Mime named Dr. Rockso. I'm one of those lame fucks that nicknames every Pokemon, and I don't like battling people because a lot of the names I give kinda suck.
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I found a shiny female Gyarados by chance, and she was Brave and quick tempered. Of course I named her Tampon, at least until I remembered the red river monster from Courage the Cowardly dog that sang opera. She was quickly renamed Carmen.
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I named my shiny male sylveon Oberon. I thought it was pretty witty
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>>17016539 That's what I named my male Aromatisse.
I thought I was clever too. IGN Farona 3153 5021 5056 (Togepi, Jigglypuff, ???)
IGN Farona 3153 5021 5056 (Togepi, Jigglypuff, ???) Tue 31 Dec 2013 03:08:29 No. 17016945 Report Quoted By:
I tend to nickname my pokemon with something that comes to mind when I see them, or the best name I can think of when nothing comes to mind.
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I name 'em after references that range from the obvious (Donatello the Blastoise and Knack the Chesnaught) to the very obscure (Thunderchild the Hydreigon and Honest John the Garchomp)
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>>17014958 same guy as this post
got more nicknames
Alakazam: Bill Nye
Marowak: Skulltan (combination of skull and sultan)
Conkelldurr: Massive Rod
Bisharp: Checkmate
Sableye: Diamond Dog (reference to
minature equine that i own )
Granbull: Calvin (the name of my french bulldog)
Vileplume: Raffian (combination of the raffia plant, which was what vileplume was based on, and ruffian)
Muk: Semen Demon
Skarmory: 6th Labor (The sixth labor of Hercules was to kill the styhmphalian birds, which skarmory is based off of)
Emboar: Baconator
Darmantian: Freaky Fred
Chandelure Shang Tsung (mortal kombat refrence)
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I used to have a chart that I would use that would name them by their type, but i've unfortunately lost it.
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Stantler the Xerneas
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One particular nickname I'm proud of is for my Aegislash: Amoracchius. Which translates to "The Sword of Love," in Latin. It's from the Dresden Files series.
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I go for naming themes, usually. For Y I'm using French Names, and for my replay of HeartGold I'm using names of Philosophers. I swear by the site "Behind the Name," it's so handy for Pokemon.
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When I nickname I try to find puns or references from other games.
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I name everything after fictional characters.
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I mostly only nickname shinies. I give them their Japanese names, just to make them stick out a bit more. But I did nickname my Dedenne "Chikapu" because seriously, it's basically Pikachu, and my Talonflame "Pyrogrine", because /vp/ suggested it, it sounds really cool, and Talonflame sounds stupid.
