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15 Movie Character Names That Have Clever Hidden Meanings

What's in a name? More than you think, sometimes.

15 Movie Character Names That Have Clever Hidden Meanings

September 14, 2020

Truly, language is mankind's greatest artistic medium. It lets you hide plot foreshadowing, clever references, and dick jokes in normal-sounding names.

For example:

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Remus Lupin (from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban) has a name that spells out his secret. Remus (who, along with his brother Romulus, founded — Source: 6 Movie Characters Whose Names Spoiled Huge Plot Twists

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The Usual Suspects' Keyser Soze has a name that, in Turkish, strongly hints at his real identity. Soze is Turkish for talk, say, or remark... which is — Source: 6 Movie Characters Whose Names Spoiled Huge Plot Twists

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Cyborg

The main characters in the 1989 Jean-Claude Van Damme flick cyborg are all named after music instrument companies. There's Van Damme's character, Gibs — Sources: Wikipedia, Wikipedia, Wikipedia, Wikipedia, Wikipedia, Wikipedia

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In The Incredibles, Bob Parr's original costume is blue, and the only color in Helen Parr's (except for black and shades of grey) is red. Their daught

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Full Metal Jacket

Full Metal Jacket's private Joker's full name is Davis J.T. The first American casualty of the Vietnam war was a U.S. Army cryptologist named James T. — Source: The National Security Agency

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The first names of the family members in Knives Out are taken from '70s music artists (that way, Rian Johnson had an easier time remembering them). Jo — Source: Film School Rejects

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Toy Story 4

In Toy Story 4, the names of the neglected toys that Woody ends up with are puns on their voice actor's name. For example, there's Melephant Brooks (M — Source: Entertainment Weekly

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In Face Off, the bad guy's name gave away his death. He's called Castor, and he has a brother named Pollux; just like the brothers Castor and Pollux i — Source: 5 Movies Plots Given Away by the Characters' Names

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In Zootopia, Mayor Lionheart's name isn't just an animal pun. Lionheart was the nickname of King Richard, who got imprisoned (just like the Mayor) and — Source: 6 Movie Characters Whose Names Spoiled Huge Plot Twists

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Lois Einhorn's name in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective was a spoiler. In German, Einhorn means one horn or a horn which kind of implies the twist (that — Source: 6 Movie Characters Whose Names Spoiled Huge Plot Twists

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Ratatouille's Skinner was named after B.F. Skinner, the father of behavioral psychology, who famously tortured rats for his experiments. Gh CRAGKEDCOM — Source: Slashfilm

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In Se7en, John Doe's name gave away his motivation. John Doe is the name for unidentified bodies in a morgue or ER, so it's as close as you can get to — Source: 6 Movie Characters Whose Names Spoiled Huge Plot Twists

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The villain of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is called Koba. That's a nickname Stalin took for himself, so it's a pretty fitting name for a murderous — Source: Wikipedia

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The Matrix's Cypher might as well be called Zero. Cipher or cypher can mean a couple of things, including zero. Pretty fitting for somebody who, — Source: 5 Movies Plots Given Away by the Characters' Names

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