Who Names Their Kid "Dude"?/Quotes

"Lillian: Wonder what I should name mine? Maybe something fire related? Fire? Flamer? Blaze?

Garcie: That's a stupid idea. Besides, who the hell names a cat Blaze?

Lillian: I guess you're right. Hmmmm...

(Meanwhile, Elsewhere)

Blaze: My ears are burning. Wait, that's probably because I'm on fire."

- We Are Our Avatars

"Charlotte: I'm Charlotte Blackwood.

Maverick: I'm Maverick.

Charlotte: Did your mother not like you?

Maverick: No, it's my call sign."

- Top Gun

"Cherry: Ponyboy's an original name.

Ponyboy: My parents were original people."

- The Outsiders

""I always wished I had one of them names like Dirk or Steele or Rock. Pinkus Ghort. My momma ought to be spanked. What the hell kind of name is Pinkus Ghort?"

"You tell me," Hecht had responded. "You made it up."

"You want to know the sick, sad truth, my friend? I didn't. It really is the one my momma hung on me. Though nobody never believes me when I tell them."

Hecht remained firmly established in that class. He was sure that Pinkus Ghort would be wanted in more than one principality farther north, under other names."

- Glen Cook Instrumentalities of the Night

"My name is Case. Philodendron Case. Thanks to my Ma. I've never even told Raven about that. That's why I joined the army. To get away from the kind of potato diggers that would stick a name like that on a kid."

- Black Company

"J.D: Who's called Lady?

Janitor: She is! She has a brother named "Him"."

- Scrubs

"Hawkeye: What kind of parents would name their kid B.J.?

B.J.: My mother...Bea Hunnicutt, and my father...Jay Hunnicutt."

- MASH

"Annie: Of course you think that, Britta. It's obvious from your name that your parents smoked pot."

- Community

"Gil: "Chump"?

Zeetha: A great warrior. And yes, I know what it means in your language."

- Girl Genius

"Kent Mansley: Hogarth? What an embarrasing name. Might as well call him Zeppo or something. What kind of sick person would name a kid Hoga-"

- The Iron Giant

"Battler Ushiromiya. Incredible. Also incredible are the parents who stuck that name one me, and the public official who accepted it. They're all on the top of my must-kill list."

- Battler, Umineko no Naku Koro Ni

"Brownbeard: I'm Brownbeard! A pirate with a bounty of over 80 million! Brownbeard-sama! Make sure you remember my name! This is my territory! What you did to my men is horrible! I'll make you pay for it in blood!

Basil Hawkins: I see. I thought I misheard it because it's such a stupid name. I don't like jokes.

Brownbeard: Jokes!?"

- One Piece

"Clyde Bruckman: (To Fox Mulder) I'm supposed to believe that's a real name?"

- The X Files