Monday, June 14, 2010

Real names of 23 fictional characters


3. Cap'n Crunch's full name is Captain Horatio Magellan Crunch. His ship is the S.S. Guppy.

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5 comments:

Octopunk said...

That's a pretty cool list, but I'm finding the criteria these Mental Floss people use for their lists is a little sloppy. First they include a human slapstick duo on their "9 Muppets Kicked off Sesame Street" article, and now Bono and The Edge are on a list of fictional characters. Just make another list for real people, goofballs.

I remember the Skipper's name being mentioned on the radio in an old Gilligan ep.

Jordan said...

Rick from Casablanca is Richard Blaine.

"Rambo" is John Rambo (maybe everybody else knew this, but since I refuse to see any of those movies, I was in the dark).

JPX said...

"I refuse to see any of these movies" sounds a bit elitist. The Rambo movies are fun but First Blood is especially good, - it's less of an action film and more of an examination of posttraumatic stress disorder.

Jordan said...

It's political. They're obviously extremely right-wing movies. I heard that the first one's a little better, but I vividly remember all the Reagan-era bullshit surrounding the second one.

Stallone is an ideological chameleon who reflects the mores of the time (like many movie stars). But the whole Rambo thing is a bit more extreme than usual.

Jordan said...

I'm allergic to any "we were not allowed to win in Vietnam" diatribe. Tell it to somebody else; I don't want to hear it.

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