Naming follies.

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Gorilla Grodd. Who the heck calls themselves MySpecies MyName? I mean, a one-off hyper-intelligent member of said species maaaaaaaaybe, but Grodd comes from a whole race of intelligent gorillas. It'd be like running around in our society calling yourself Human Harold.

Yes, it's silly, but it just struck me as odd. (Yes, I know, I know... geeeeeeeeeeek...)

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[meep.livejournal.com]

What about Grape Ape?

[kickaha.livejournal.com]

I prefer to believe that his name is actually Gray Paype, and that we're just mishearing it.

Well, that and since it's the only thing he *can* say, IIRC, it tends to support the semi-sentient mimic theory, whereas Grodd is supposed to be hyper-intellig....

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My brain just popped.

[meep.livejournal.com]

...wait a sec, he can only say his name?

...is Grape Ape the forerunner of Pokemon?

[kickaha.livejournal.com]

Ooooooh, I hadn't thought of that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Su2NVKayZ8U