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Famous Unoriginal Character Names
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 12:06 pm
by Doug R.
This thread is to post characters with unoriginal names that have become more famous (or infamous) to you than their real-life namesake.
I'll start:
Jules Verne - Much more famous to me as a Senator from Karnon than as an early science fiction writer.
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 12:24 pm
by cantrlady
John Locke – Ranger that was much more important to a few of my characters than the English philosopher.
Tommy Lee – Leader of a forest near Blojt that influenced one of my characters much more than the former Motley Crue drummer did in my life.
Kiefer Sutherland – A ranger that was friends with one of my characters – I admit I have never even seen the TV series 24. I was too busy playing Cantr II.
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 3:50 pm
by Doug R.
cantrlady wrote:John Locke – Ranger that was much more important to a few of my characters than the English philosopher.
He's been upstaged because I watch "Lost."
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 8:35 pm
by west
Austin Powers
Thomas Hobbes
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 10:53 pm
by ceselb
Al Gore
Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 1:00 am
by Lychee
Jesus Christ
Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 2:58 am
by SumBum
ceselb wrote:Al Gore
Second this one. My char admired him.
Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 2:39 pm
by N-Aldwitch
I'd have to say John Locke, but it's a bit of a gray area as I'm not too sure which I learnt first, the Cantr character or the Philosopher...
Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 3:03 pm
by Racetyme
I have to be honest, reading all of these, I recognize quite a few, and I just think the real people are far more famous to me. Come on now, Jesus Christ? I think the only one that I really would say is true for me is Keifer Sutherland, due to the fact that I don't watch the show.
Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 2:07 am
by N-Aldwitch
Racetyme, the one who posted Jesus Christ, I don't think he understood the point of the topic.
Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 4:53 am
by sammigurl61190
I didn't even know Keifer Sutherland was an actor until 2 years or so ago.
I thought Keifer Sutherland was a strange name to have as a character, too.
Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 6:48 am
by Drakulya
Keifer has been an actor for a while now... did Cowboy Way, Young Guns 1&2, and The Lost Boys. All four were fairly decent movies... maybe not YG 2, but The Lost Boys was a GREAT vampire movie based down near me in Santa Clarita I think.... they just changed the name.
Ohh... and he was also Athos in the Three Musketeers. ummm... I grew up on movies ok
Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 7:09 am
by Talapus
Fidel Castro
Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 10:04 am
by Chris Johnson
Rosa Luxemburg
Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 10:33 am
by Dee
What does the real Rosa Luxemburg do? I've never heard about her...