The Open Source Names thread


Alphane

 

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Freezeflare - My old Ice/Fire Blaster, fits any Fire & Ice toon, really

Painbound - My first Dominator, I suppose it suits any Dom

Mud Boy & Mud Girl - Originally based around the idea of psychic, healing mud (and made while rather tipsy) they would suit any Earth or Stone toons

Molten Magma & Molten Mountain - Failed attempts at Stone/Fire Tankers, would suit Brutes equally well


@Jay Leon Hart
Kerensky: this has nothing to do with underwear
Zwillinger: I put on my robe and wizard hat...
Synapse: I had to resist starting my last post off with "Yo dawg!"

 

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Darn, too late to edit...

Psi Force - Mind/Force Field Controller or Psi/Force Field Defender

Psi Wave - Mind/Sonic Controller or Psi/Sonic Defender

Poisoness Pistolier - Thugs/Poison MM


@Jay Leon Hart
Kerensky: this has nothing to do with underwear
Zwillinger: I put on my robe and wizard hat...
Synapse: I had to resist starting my last post off with "Yo dawg!"

 

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I was talking plant doms with a friend and I came up with a female plant dom/troller:

Tabby the Tuber



"You got to dig it to dig it, you dig?"
Thelonious Monk

 

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Last Argument -- Any AR blaster
Ghandi II -- Any MA scrapper.
Horseless Headman -- Broadsword scrapper with an executioner's hood
Hail Mary -- Ice/Storm controller
Dr. Goodlove -- Empath
Sin Star -- Sonic corruptor
Hammerspace -- Anyone with War Mace
Snowbite -- Any with ice
General Coverage -- Plant Control dominator
God's Miller -- Any hero, but particularly scrapper or tanker


 

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One I was going to use then I deleted the alt was 'Psylent Scream' - a Psi/Psi Blaster...


Golden-Phoenix - Lvl 50 Fire/Fire Tank
Oodja Nikabolokov - Lvl 50 SS/WP Brute
Baby-Phoenix - Lvl 50 Peacebringer
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could Chuck Norris?

 

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i made a blaster called Malhavoc, simply because i like the name


 

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Spitfire Ace - Another British theme! Fire blaster with flight


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why fire? with the raptor pack and /flypose1 on, equipping out your assault rifle makes you look like a plane with a gun on front


 

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Russian Rocket - Superspeed Technology Fire/Fire Blaster
Grave Mistake - Necro/Dark MM
Metal Carnage - Bots/*** MM
Straight Jacket - Psi/Mental Blaster
Brick Outhouse - Stone/*** Tank/Brute


Main 50 & Badger Nine Claws Claws/Regen/Body

Other 50's Ph10x Brute Unjust Law Tanker Samantha Urai Scrapper Codename 1250 Scrapper
Cepheus
Defender Nilus Scrapper
Electro Field Blaster S.PONGE Tanker

 

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A bit cheeky this one but I've deleted the toon, so it's out there if anyone wants it:

A stalker called The Invisible Lover (with a strap line of "you won't see me coming")



"You got to dig it to dig it, you dig?"
Thelonious Monk

 

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Hail Mary

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I had that for a while - mine was a Storm/dark defender


 

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As noted in one of the links in my sig, I listen to The Goon Show, and out of that my new fire/fire scrapper has been born.

Sinjist Thing


 

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As noted in one of the links in my sig, I listen to The Goon Show, and out of that my new fire/fire scrapper has been born.

Sinjist Thing

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Yeah there's some excellent value to be had from the Goons I reckon.

Bluebottle, Bludnok, Eccles et al can inspire more than merriment

Now, find me a large brandy and a fast submarine to Guatemala



"You got to dig it to dig it, you dig?"
Thelonious Monk

 

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Carrion Constable, Carrion Cruising, Carrion Cleopatra, Carrion Camping etc etc for Plant Trollers/Doms :P

Son of a Witch; male Cabal, Storm/Elec Def

Stereosonic; anything Sonic related

Gazerbeam; anything with Laser Beam Eyes; Tanker, Scrapper, PB, Rad Blast, WS

James Pond; a secret agent fish

Jubilation; some sort of explosion's to represent fireworks, maybe Energy or Grav

Fascination; it's just the way we feeel ;] For all your Danish pop star toons (lol)


@Lukas

 

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James Pond; a secret agent fish

Jubilation; some sort of explosion's to represent fireworks, maybe Energy or Grav

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These two wouldn't be allowed. James Pond was a game in the 80s and was, in fact, a secret agent fish. Jubilation is from X-Men (referred to as Jubilee)


@Jay Leon Hart
Kerensky: this has nothing to do with underwear
Zwillinger: I put on my robe and wizard hat...
Synapse: I had to resist starting my last post off with "Yo dawg!"

 

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Some more.

Blue Eyes: Nrg/Nrg Blaster
Sleek Metal Dragon: Sonic/Sonic Defender
The Gasman: Thugs/Poison MM. Dedicated to all the gas coming out of people's backside
A Really Daft Punk: Katana/SR Scrapper. Dedicated to saving the world using dance and electro


 

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Gazerbeam; anything with Laser Beam Eyes; Tanker, Scrapper, PB, Rad Blast, WS

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Gazerbeam was in the Disney/Pixar animated film 'The Incredibles'.


 

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Gazerbeam; anything with Laser Beam Eyes; Tanker, Scrapper, PB, Rad Blast, WS





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Edited after I spotted ML had beaten me to it


Allodoxaphobia is the fear of opinions.

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth. MARCUS AURELIUS (121-180 AD)

 

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Carrion Constable, Carrion Cruising, Carrion Cleopatra, Carrion Camping etc etc for Plant Trollers/Doms :P


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OOO Matron!

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Son of a Witch; male Cabal, Storm/Elec Def

Stereosonic; anything Sonic related



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nice


Allodoxaphobia is the fear of opinions.

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth. MARCUS AURELIUS (121-180 AD)

 

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James Pond; a secret agent fish

Jubilation; some sort of explosion's to represent fireworks, maybe Energy or Grav

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These two wouldn't be allowed. James Pond was a game in the 80s and was, in fact, a secret agent fish. Jubilation is from X-Men (referred to as Jubilee)

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Jubilation
Ju-bi-la-tion
1 : an act of rejoicing : the state of being jubilant
2 : an expression of great joy

and I thought I recognised James Pond from somewhere, hehe.


@Lukas

 

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Gazerbeam; anything with Laser Beam Eyes; Tanker, Scrapper, PB, Rad Blast, WS

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Gazerbeam was in the Disney/Pixar animated film 'The Incredibles'.

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Not one of the main characters though; not sure if he would be trademarked / copyright protected?


@Lukas

 

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Son of a Witch; male Cabal, Storm/Elec Def

Stereosonic; anything Sonic related

Gazerbeam; anything with Laser Beam Eyes; Tanker, Scrapper, PB, Rad Blast, WS

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I liked these and didn't know about Gazerbeam... also Jubilation would be difficult to call if it wasn't a clone of Jubilee.

Phazerbeam instead? Lazer eyes and mind contorl?



"You got to dig it to dig it, you dig?"
Thelonious Monk

 

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Not one of the main characters though; not sure if he would be trademarked / copyright protected?

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He would be trademarked/IP but you cannot copyright names. I've quoted the book Legend by David Gemmell and the film of the same name starring David Bowie... same title totally different products.



"You got to dig it to dig it, you dig?"
Thelonious Monk

 

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Gazerbeam; anything with Laser Beam Eyes; Tanker, Scrapper, PB, Rad Blast, WS

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Gazerbeam was in the Disney/Pixar animated film 'The Incredibles'.

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Not one of the main characters though; not sure if he would be trademarked / copyright protected?

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Its all one big grey area I'm afraid, I'm sure if you managed to make your Gazerbeam character anywhere near being an international hit (especially with the U.S market) - you'd hear from Disney Lawyers in a heartbeat.

I'm also interested in the IP mess that is Champions, There are copyrighted character names in there (eg: Ironclad) that are Marvel IP, as well as DC concepts (Dr.Silverback = DC's Gorilla Grodd) in all but name) that are going to be analysed very carefully by Marvel and DC's army of legal eagles.

Edit: The concept of a hyper-intelligent Gorilla Super-villain was DC's...Their Gorilla Grodd's first appearance was in The Flash #106 May 1959 - slightly ahead of Champions 1981 debut then.


 

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You are correct if the IP is clearly a different product, stories or in a different context, however If both 'Legend' names were relating to two different superheroes I think you would find that would be a red rag to a bull for most company lawyers.
That said its hard because no-one owns the name legend as its a historical description as opposed to a made-up name such as Gazerbeam.


 

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Not one of the main characters though; not sure if he would be trademarked / copyright protected?

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He would be trademarked/IP but you cannot copyright names. I've quoted the book Legend by David Gemmell and the film of the same name starring David Bowie... same title totally different products.

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David Bowie was in Legend?

Are you sure you're not confusing it with Labyrinth? Tom Cruise was in Legend, along with a big red scary demon (who was still far less scary than Bowies Goblin King Hair-and-bulging-tights ensemble)