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Post by The Huff on May 18, 2019 14:30:20 GMT
Nah - Cheetor is a name straight from MOTU!
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Post by The Doctor on May 18, 2019 18:00:36 GMT
Martin!!!
MOTU names are not rubbish!
-Ralph
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on May 19, 2019 6:59:33 GMT
Martin!!! MOTU names are not rubbish! They are! With exceptions (Clawful, Two Bad...) Skeletor, Stridor, Panthor, Stinkor, Spikor, Rattlor, Tung-Lashor... Why aren't they called MastORs of the Universe? Spydor is OK because it's got a pun element - spy + spider. But the rest, it's as if the original TF names had been Optimor, Prowlor, Sunstreakor, Trailbreakor, Bumblor, Cliffjumpor, Windchargor, Screamor, Thundercrackor, Thrustor, Rumblor, Buzzsor... The only things worse than MotU names are Beast Wars names. What shall we call the BW tarantula and iguana? Oh, let's just use the plural of tarantula and iguana. What about the other names? Let's nick them from G1. But what about the wasp? We could nick 'Buzz-Off' from MotU, that's really good, but we might get in trouble, unless... I know let's just put 'Wasp' and some random letters and 'or' on the end. Ooh! Ooh! And Rhinox is a good name! Yes, for a cross between a rhino and an ox, perhaps. Well, he's a rhino, and it's no worse than Rhinor... Martin |
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 19, 2019 7:40:56 GMT
If all is well, we shall one day get to BW despite the lack of decent catalogues
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Post by The Huff on May 19, 2019 7:44:23 GMT
I agree with Martin here. I cannot think of a Beast Wars name that didn't come from another character that was not cringey.
Apart from Rattrap.
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Post by Pinwig on May 19, 2019 8:37:53 GMT
Aha, I see what you did there. You just made that one u- Oh you didn't make it up. Oh my god. |
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Post by The Doctor on May 19, 2019 8:51:07 GMT
Martin has just proved exactly why MOTU names are good!!!
I also never realised Rhinox = rhino + ox!
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on May 19, 2019 9:07:55 GMT
Tung-Lashor. Really? That's just rubbish. Is his method of attack to verbally scold people?
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Post by The Huff on May 19, 2019 9:24:16 GMT
Fisto was always a good one.
Fistor would have been even better.
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 19, 2019 9:49:03 GMT
I agree with Martin here. I cannot think of a Beast Wars name that didn't come from another character that was not cringey. Apart from Rattrap. And he's been caught |
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Post by Benn on May 19, 2019 11:05:34 GMT
Rattrap we can't escape from it whoa
And it will never let you go, can't get out of there
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Post by Fortmax2020 on May 19, 2019 12:01:19 GMT
Martin has just proved exactly why MOTU names are good!!! I also never realised Rhinox = rhino + ox! -Ralph *weeps* |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on May 19, 2019 12:09:02 GMT
To be fair, Tri-Klops and Trap Jaw are pretty good names.
'Trap Jaw' is like 'trapdoor' but with 'door' replaced by 'jaw'.
But Waspinator is a rubbish name because 'wasp' does not rhyme with 'term'.
Putting germs and sperm whales to one side, they should have had a Battle Beast or Beast Warrior elephant/rhino/hippo called Pachyderminator.
Martin
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on May 19, 2019 12:14:38 GMT
Aha, I see what you did there. You just made that one u- Oh you didn't make it up. Oh my god.  Martin |
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 19, 2019 12:26:51 GMT
I agree with Martin here. I cannot think of a Beast Wars name that didn't come from another character that was not cringey. Airazor? |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on May 19, 2019 12:30:28 GMT
Just in case.... Clawful, clAWFUL Or maybe we've got him all wrong and he's a law-abiding citizen who happens to have claws. Clawful = claw + lawful? Martin |
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 19, 2019 12:33:38 GMT
He's on Skeletor's side so my money would be on NOT
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Post by blueshift on May 19, 2019 13:00:11 GMT
I agree with Martin here. I cannot think of a Beast Wars name that didn't come from another character that was not cringey. Airazor? Is 'Airazor' a play on words that I'm not familiar with then? |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on May 19, 2019 13:05:50 GMT
Is 'Airazor' a play on words that I'm not familiar with then? I hadn't thought so, but thinking about it now... Airazor = Eraser? Martin |
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Post by Jim on May 19, 2019 13:12:53 GMT
Hair-raiser?
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on May 19, 2019 13:20:18 GMT
Hare Razing Rabbit: "Did somebody call my name?"  Martin |
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Post by The Huff on May 19, 2019 14:00:11 GMT
Isn't a waspinator some sort of wasp trap?
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Post by Toph on May 19, 2019 14:56:00 GMT
I agree with Martin here. I cannot think of a Beast Wars name that didn't come from another character that was not cringey. Apart from Rattrap. Airazor, Terrorsaur, Blackarachnia, Tigerhawk, Quickstrike, Depthcharge, Seaclamp, Cicadacon, Tripredacus, B'Boom, Polarclaw, Torca, Clawjaw, Ramulus, Jawbreaker, Skyshadow, Terragator, Noctorro, Razorbeast, Buzzclaw, Manterror, Fractyl, Packrat, Nightglider... |
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Post by Toph on May 19, 2019 15:06:38 GMT
But Waspinator is a rubbish name because 'wasp' does not rhyme with 'term'. Martin Waspinator was was playing on the nineties trend of adding "inator" to everything, as in Terminator. Because his original personality was very different than the one we know from the show. He was originally intended to be a badass. Is 'Airazor' a play on words that I'm not familiar with then? Airazor isn't really a play on words as a joke name. Like many G1 names, it's just combining two words into a cool sounding name. Air+Razor |
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Post by Toph on May 19, 2019 15:09:30 GMT
I also never realised Rhinox = rhino + ox! -Ralph Wait whut |
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Post by Shockprowl on May 19, 2019 16:32:35 GMT
Rhinox isn't an ox, is he? He's just a rhino.
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Post by Toph on May 19, 2019 17:19:34 GMT
It's not uncommon to call big muscular people an ox.
If they were human, you'd definitely be calling him an ox of a man.
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Post by The Doctor on May 19, 2019 17:25:19 GMT
It's not uncommon to call big muscular people an ox. If they were human, you'd definitely be calling him an ox of a man. This is a new thing to me! It may just not be a saying in Scotlandland. -Ralph |
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Post by Pinwig on May 19, 2019 17:43:28 GMT
Look on the bright side though, you get potato cakes instead.
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Post by The Doctor on May 19, 2019 19:42:44 GMT
I will be importing potato scones.
-Ralph
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