Literary Mr. Fish

kylith

I know that this might get moved to the animals forum, but I'm posting it here because it's more about literature than animals.

I like to give my pets names from a kind of scheme; my dogs are named after Doctor Who characters, and my fish were Misters: Mr. Croup and Mr. Vandemar.

Unfortunately Mr. Vandemar was found dead in his tank a few weeks ago, and had to be disposed of. I've been thinking of getting another fish, but I simply can't think of a name. I've decided to stick to literary Misters and am leaning toward either Mr. Pin or Mr. Tulip, but I'd like some more options.

So I'm looking for Mr. names. One will be picked based on coolness (of name and of character), and my personal feelings toward the literary work the name comes from (i.e. no fish of mine will be named after anyone from Harry Potter).

Please help, Mr. Croup is starting to look lonely.

Monkeybonkers

Meeester Bond!

metrovelvet

Mr DeWinter

Eliot Rosewater

I named my first cat Gulliver after the protagonist in Gulliver's Travels. I named my second cat Mishca. This was derived from the penguin character in Death and the Penguin (Misha), with a c stuck in because it's a cat.

If we're ever to get another cat, particularity female, I'd probably call it Marlow after the character in Joseph Conrad's book Heart of Darkness.


I also called one of the neighbour's cats Heathcliff, because he tried to woo his twin sister Mishca. I called another neighbouring cat Ayn Rand, because he* was clearly only motivated by self-interest, ie getting with Mishca.

As you can see, I have no job.


*I'm aware that Ayn Rand is female!

metrovelvet

Eliot Rosewater wrote: »

I named my first cat Gulliver after the protagonist in Gulliver's Travels. I named my second cat Mishca. This was derived from the penguin character in Death and the Penguin (Misha), with a c stuck in because it's a cat.

If we're ever to get another cat, particularity female, I'd probably call it Marlow after the character in Joseph Conrad's book Heart of Darkness.


I also called one of the neighbour's cats Heathcliff, because he tried to woo his twin sister Mishca. I called another neighbouring cat Ayn Rand, because he* was clearly only motivated by self-interest, ie getting with Mishca.

As you can see, I have no job.


*I'm aware that Ayn Rand is female!

He wants Mr. as in Mr. Chips.

Eliot Rosewater

Yeah, I know. Sorry about that: I couldn't resist to urge to describe the literary names of all the cats out my back-garden.

metrovelvet

Eliot Rosewater wrote: »

Yeah, I know. Sorry about that: I couldn't resist to urge to describe the literary names of all the cats out my back-garden.

Ive nicknamed my son Stanley after Stanley Kowalski because he is so bossy.

If I had a dog, which Id love to have, I'd name him Paris, after the suitor Juliet rejected.

Kinski

Mr. M'Choakumchild! Okay, he is not cool, but I love how Dickens gave this sort of name to some characters. Had the concept of the 'MacGuffin' existed at the time, he might well have named a character Mr. MacGuffin.

Eliot Rosewater wrote: »

*I'm aware that Ayn Rand is female!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZmVRI8Ptv4

The Mad Hatter

Kinski wrote: »

Mr. M'Choakumchild! Okay, he is not cool, but I love how Dickens gave this sort of name to some characters. Had the concept of the 'MacGuffin' existed at the time, he might well have named a character Mr. MacGuffin.

I loved Dickens' names - the sounds of the words were just perfect. Speaking of which...

There was a Mr Flay in Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast, which might work for you if Messrs Croup and Vandemar are anything to go by. (In the BBC's adaptation, he was played by Christopher Lee.)

pwd

Mr Tickle

Denerick

My neighbour had a dog named Dickens. Considering he never read Dicken's books, I can only assume it was some kind of irony...

kylith

The Mad Hatter wrote: »

I loved Dickens' names - the sounds of the words were just perfect. Speaking of which...

There was a Mr Flay in Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast, which might work for you if Messrs Croup and Vandemar are anything to go by. (In the BBC's adaptation, he was played by Christopher Lee.)

Oh! I think we have a winner! I'll be off looking for a fish that looks like a Mr. Flay this weekend. Thanks for that.

kylith

And here is Mr. Croup, right, with his new friend Mr. Flay.



Thanks for the help!