Chat fun!
Double post, but it's worth it. So I got into a chat with clover_magic, and we wound up going off on a tangent about the dub-names in DC/MK. And the results...well, it's long, but they were just too much fun to NOT share.
candy__chan (10:04:35 PM): I've always thought Jimmy to be more of a nickname. So maybe it's not his *real* first name, but merely a nickname.
candy__chan (10:04:48 PM): Which leaves the possibilities open as to what, exactly, his real first name is.
candy__chan (10:04:57 PM): ...dear lord...maybe they named him after his FATHER T_T
clover_magic (10:04:59 PM): Jimmy is usually short for James
clover_magic (10:05:08 PM): "James Kudo"
clover_magic (10:05:15 PM): .....ahahahhahaahaaaaa rofl
candy__chan (10:05:15 PM): ...s'far as I'm concerned, anything is better than Booker.
clover_magic (10:05:22 PM): God, I know.
candy__chan (10:05:49 PM): ...somehow, it seems less bad with James. I don't know why. Still hurts me in my heart, but...not so much a stabby pain as a dull ache and a "whyyyy?" feeling.
clover_magic (10:05:56 PM): Though Harley comes close.
candy__chan (10:06:03 PM): And what they did to Nakamori. That was just CRUEL.
candy__chan (10:06:28 PM): No, no--I can live with Harley and Richard and Rachel and all the others because compared to what they did to poor Nakamori-keibu, they all got the best names in the world.
clover_magic (10:06:34 PM): XD
clover_magic (10:06:41 PM): What *did* they name Nakamori?
candy__chan (10:06:50 PM): ...are you ready for this? Are you sitting down?
clover_magic (10:06:54 PM): Yep.
candy__chan (10:06:56 PM): ...
candy__chan (10:06:59 PM): Mace Fuller.
clover_magic (10:07:04 PM): .........
clover_magic (10:07:09 PM): Oh my god, that's so bad it's awesome.
candy__chan (10:07:12 PM): ...I bet it was a dare.
clover_magic (10:07:28 PM): It's sounds like a name for a bad cop in a porno
candy__chan (10:07:31 PM): "I dare you to pick the worst name ever for this character! It's a cameo--the fans won't care!"
clover_magic (10:07:53 PM): God, it doesn't even sound like his original name
candy__chan (10:08:11 PM): We were trying to think of what Aoko's dub name would be. Some of the names have been sticking to something remotely similar to their Japanese counterparts (Megure = Meguire, Ran = Rachel, ALL of the Shounen Tantei, etc.)
clover_magic (10:08:22 PM): Humn....
candy__chan (10:08:25 PM): So we were actually guessing that Nakamori would be Nelson...
clover_magic (10:08:34 PM): If they name her Sapphire, I might have to shoot them.
candy__chan (10:08:41 PM): But anyway, we were trying to think of the least painful one possible for Aoko. Best we came up with was Ashley.
clover_magic (10:08:47 PM): Ashley....
candy__chan (10:08:52 PM): Ashley Fuller. It's not...TOO painful.
clover_magic (10:09:05 PM): Anna, Anne, Ann...
clover_magic (10:09:10 PM): Amber
candy__chan (10:09:23 PM): ...and we couldn't come up with ANYTHING good for Kaito. Kevin was the best we could think of, and it's...not that good >_>;;
clover_magic (10:09:29 PM): XDDD
candy__chan (10:09:43 PM): Yeah, we ran through an entire list of girls' names beginning with A while putting them with the last name Fuller *shudder*
clover_magic (10:09:54 PM): Kane! LOL
candy__chan (10:10:01 PM): And Ashley was the one that just rolled off the tongue the easiest.
candy__chan (10:10:03 PM): ...no.
candy__chan (10:10:19 PM): Actually, my friend Kelly had the best response EVER to Nakamori's dub name. And she doesn't even know the series.
candy__chan (10:10:23 PM): Her response:
candy__chan (10:10:45 PM): "Mace? MACE? Like...the spiky thing you swing over your head to decapitate the other person? MACE? Like...the stuff you spray in someone's eyes so you can run away? MACE??"
clover_magic (10:10:52 PM): XDDD
clover_magic (10:11:02 PM): I still say it sounds like a bad-cop!porno name
candy__chan (10:11:08 PM): Then she hyperventilated, and we watched some Eddie Izzard to de-tox.
candy__chan (10:11:46 PM): I can deal with a lot of bad dub names--I'm not a subbie purist by any means. But that one...I swear, it had to be a dare or something. They could not have actually thought it was a good idea.
clover_magic (10:12:01 PM): I....really don't want to know how they'll butcher poor Kaito's last name
candy__chan (10:12:22 PM): ...Carlson? *shot*
clover_magic (10:12:28 PM): With our lukc, he'll end up Kevin Black or something
candy__chan (10:12:38 PM): ... *weeps* YOU HURT ME.
candy__chan (10:12:42 PM): WHY DO YOU HURT ME?
clover_magic (10:12:48 PM): BECAUSE I LOVES YOU BABY
candy__chan (10:13:00 PM): LIIIIIIIIIIES~ *WEEPS IN CAPS*
clover_magic (10:13:15 PM): AWWW COME HERE I'LL MAKE IT BETTER *BADTOUCHES IN CAPS*
clover_magic (10:13:34 PM): But yeah
clover_magic (10:14:01 PM): Kuroba isn't...exactly...a name that has a common English name that sounds alike
clover_magic (10:14:37 PM): ...........
clover_magic (10:14:39 PM): Hakuba.
clover_magic (10:14:47 PM): OH GOD HAKUBA, YOU'RE IN DC
candy__chan (10:14:56 PM): ...I wanted his name to be Steve.
candy__chan (10:15:00 PM): 8D
clover_magic (10:15:04 PM): XDDDD
clover_magic (10:15:12 PM): SIMON
clover_magic (10:15:20 PM): SIMON WHITE LOL
candy__chan (10:16:07 PM): ...Steve White sounds more porn-ish to me *ponders*
clover_magic (10:16:13 PM): Though it might end up Samuel as well.
candy__chan (10:16:23 PM): ...yuck.
candy__chan (10:16:42 PM): ...although it would be funny to watch Kaito (...Kevin?) calling him "Sammy."
clover_magic (10:16:44 PM): Sage hahaha
candy__chan (10:16:56 PM): And how would they handle the foreign thing? Because Harley doesn't have an accent.
clover_magic (10:17:13 PM): They didn't give him the Western one?
candy__chan (10:17:21 PM): Nope.
clover_magic (10:17:24 PM): Whoa
clover_magic (10:17:38 PM): For once someone doesn't dub an Osaka accent as coming from Texas
candy__chan (10:17:53 PM): He actually had a decent dub voice--I rather liked the guy's voice. And he played...well, an Americanized Heiji quite well.
candy__chan (10:17:59 PM): But...no accent.
clover_magic (10:18:05 PM): Well, since Hakuba comes from Britain, that would be an easy accent, if they gave him one
candy__chan (10:18:08 PM): Read somewhere that Heiji's actually from Canada. No idea how that works.
candy__chan (10:18:15 PM): ...wheeeeee, bad British accent ahoy!
clover_magic (10:18:20 PM): \o/
candy__chan (10:18:33 PM): ...oh lord...what about Akai Shuichi?
candy__chan (10:18:40 PM): ...Bob Smith.
clover_magic (10:18:45 PM): XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
candy__chan (10:18:49 PM): Totally needs to be Mr. Smith.
clover_magic (10:18:50 PM): JOHN DOE
candy__chan (10:18:55 PM): XDDD
candy__chan (10:19:11 PM): Must not laugh out loud. Hurts throat and rebellious lungs... *is dying over here*
clover_magic (10:19:26 PM): ...No, I further the Smith, actually
clover_magic (10:19:30 PM): SO HE CAN BE AGENT SMITH
candy__chan (10:19:35 PM): YES!
candy__chan (10:19:42 PM): And then Jodie would be...well, Jodie.
clover_magic (10:19:51 PM): Yeah, her name is already English
candy__chan (10:19:53 PM): Dude! We'd have Agent Smith and Agent Black!
clover_magic (10:20:02 PM): As well as Vermouth's and the....other FBI guy.
clover_magic (10:20:04 PM): \o/
candy__chan (10:20:14 PM): ...Agent Camel doesn't fit quite as well D:
clover_magic (10:20:21 PM): No, it doesn't. XD
clover_magic (10:20:29 PM): Oh yeah, that dude's name was James Black
candy__chan (10:20:34 PM): And then Caspar and Melkior--err, Gin and Vodka.
clover_magic (10:20:43 PM): He's always just "The Old One" when I think about him
candy__chan (10:20:53 PM): ...Jii would have to get a crazy name.
clover_magic (10:20:58 PM): XDDDD
clover_magic (10:21:02 PM): Graham
candy__chan (10:21:04 PM): Just for fun~ *is trying to think of other characters*
candy__chan (10:21:07 PM): *laugh*
clover_magic (10:21:19 PM): So Kevin can call him Graham-ps!
candy__chan (10:21:24 PM): For Toyama Kazuha, we were sort of pegging Katie Thompson...
candy__chan (10:21:26 PM): .......
candy__chan (10:21:37 PM): *takes out a very large gun*
clover_magic (10:21:46 PM): *grins unashamedly*
candy__chan (10:21:56 PM): You're not allowed to make puns anymore, missie.
clover_magic (10:22:09 PM): Hey, his name IS a pun, blame Gosho
candy__chan (10:22:17 PM): *plots to ninja at least part of this discussion over to LJ*
clover_magic (10:22:37 PM): Dooo eeeet
clover_magic (10:22:44 PM): All the talk about names is A++++++
candy__chan (10:23:04 PM): ...oh! What about Satou?
clover_magic (10:23:17 PM): Huh
candy__chan (10:23:27 PM): Takagi is Wilder (*weeps*) and Shiratori is Santos (...hate him, dun really care)...but Satou hasn't gotten a dub-name.
clover_magic (10:23:29 PM): First name is Miriam, definitely
candy__chan (10:23:35 PM): ...
clover_magic (10:23:51 PM): Well, what other names in English start with Mi?
clover_magic (10:23:58 PM): Her name is Miwako, after all....
clover_magic (10:24:25 PM): (I vote Takagi's first name being William too 8D)
candy__chan (10:24:32 PM): ...I was going to say Melissa or Megan or Might-Kick-Your-Ass...
candy__chan (10:24:41 PM): Let the name suit the woman!
clover_magic (10:24:47 PM): *gg*
clover_magic (10:25:13 PM): Though, with our lukc, she'll probably end up as...Maureen or something.
candy__chan (10:25:14 PM): William...unless his first name will start with a T?
clover_magic (10:25:19 PM): XD
clover_magic (10:25:29 PM): Well, since they changed it, maybe....
clover_magic (10:25:47 PM): Trent Wilder lol
candy__chan (10:25:51 PM): ...Thomas? Terry? Tony (hey, he could be Italian)?
clover_magic (10:26:03 PM): Humn.
clover_magic (10:26:14 PM): ...Timothy! *is shot*
candy__chan (10:26:30 PM): ...why don't we just give Shiratori ammo against him? XDD
clover_magic (10:26:43 PM): Okay! XD
clover_magic (10:26:52 PM): TYLER
candy__chan (10:27:17 PM): ...I could deal with Tyler. Maybe. Sort of. Ish.
clover_magic (10:27:29 PM): "Tyler Wilder". Say it out loud.
candy__chan (10:28:37 PM): ...Trent was better >_>;;
clover_magic (10:28:46 PM): He would never have lived through elementary school XD
clover_magic (10:28:51 PM): But yeah, Trent was okay
candy__chan (10:29:14 PM): ...have we forgotten anyone?
candy__chan (10:29:21 PM): Oh--Heizo was Martin. Which...yeah.
clover_magic (10:29:24 PM): Satou's last name
candy__chan (10:29:25 PM): What about Shizuka?
clover_magic (10:29:30 PM): Martin Hartwell. Uh.
clover_magic (10:29:34 PM): Hmm....
candy__chan (10:29:53 PM): ...
clover_magic (10:29:55 PM): Susan? Serenity? XD
candy__chan (10:30:06 PM): ...Susan Hartwell.
clover_magic (10:30:11 PM): \o/
candy__chan (10:30:14 PM): XD
clover_magic (10:30:17 PM): XD
candy__chan (10:30:18 PM): And Toyama...
candy__chan (10:30:33 PM): Will continue to be He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.
clover_magic (10:30:36 PM): Thomason?
candy__chan (10:30:42 PM): And Ootaki...can be Olsen.
clover_magic (10:30:59 PM): OLSEN LOL YES
candy__chan (10:31:19 PM): We thought Thompson for Toyama? Because ya know--Moore, Meguire, Wilder, etc. Wouldn't want to be creative or anything.
clover_magic (10:31:28 PM): XD
candy__chan (10:31:41 PM): ...have we got everybody?
clover_magic (10:31:46 PM): I...think so?
clover_magic (10:31:48 PM): OH OH
clover_magic (10:31:50 PM): EISUKE
clover_magic (10:31:53 PM): HA HA
candy__chan (10:31:56 PM): ...Eli *deadpans*
clover_magic (10:32:00 PM): XDDDD
clover_magic (10:32:08 PM): Eli Horton!
candy__chan (10:32:11 PM): XDD
candy__chan (10:32:15 PM): ...does he hear a Who?
clover_magic (10:32:26 PM): XDDDDD
clover_magic (10:32:42 PM): I think Eli would hit a Who instead
clover_magic (10:32:52 PM): or at least run into one
candy__chan (10:33:12 PM): SQUISH IT DEAD!
clover_magic (10:33:18 PM): XDDDD
candy__chan (10:33:28 PM): ...that feels sacriligeous, somehow.
clover_magic (10:33:32 PM): ...Yeah.
candy__chan (10:33:41 PM): ...Rena could be Rebecca?
clover_magic (10:33:47 PM): *nods*
candy__chan (10:33:52 PM): Or Rini! Piss of all those ol' Sailor Moon fans 8D
clover_magic (10:33:53 PM): Mizunashi is....
candy__chan (10:34:01 PM): *piss off, even
candy__chan (10:34:11 PM): ...Mizunashi is...
candy__chan (10:34:15 PM): ...Miller?
clover_magic (10:34:24 PM): Hmn.
candy__chan (10:34:27 PM): Meyers?
clover_magic (10:34:40 PM): McMillan?
candy__chan (10:34:46 PM): ...McDonald?
candy__chan (10:34:47 PM): *SHOT*
clover_magic (10:34:50 PM): XD
candy__chan (10:35:00 PM): If we're going to go for bad, let's go for broke!
clover_magic (10:35:06 PM): MERRYWEATHER
clover_magic (10:35:16 PM): TOP THAT
candy__chan (10:35:33 PM): ...AGAIN WITH THE HURTING.
candy__chan (10:35:38 PM): ;o;
clover_magic (10:35:42 PM): I TOP
candy__chan (10:35:48 PM): ONLY WHEN I LET YOU.
clover_magic (10:35:59 PM): WHICH IS ALWAYS
candy__chan (10:35:59 PM): *flounces off to molest Jeva some more*
clover_magic (10:36:02 PM): *gg*
candy__chan (10:36:04 PM): EXCEPT NOT.
clover_magic (10:36:20 PM): YEAH, OKAY, ONLY ON DAYS ENDING WITH A Y
candy__chan (10:36:21 PM): Jeva is my ho ^_~ I even have icons of it! *luffles mah Jeva*
candy__chan (10:36:38 PM): (...she's gonna keel me ded.)
clover_magic (10:36:43 PM): Heehee
clover_magic (10:36:54 PM): Rebecca Merryweather hahahaha
clover_magic (10:36:56 PM): YES
candy__chan (10:37:05 PM): ...anyone else?
clover_magic (10:37:10 PM): Umn....
clover_magic (10:37:16 PM): Okiya is pretty new
candy__chan (10:37:20 PM): ...or Akako!
clover_magic (10:37:27 PM): Let me look at the keyholes--oh yeah Akako!
candy__chan (10:37:31 PM): Toichi!
clover_magic (10:38:21 PM): Toichi's name needs to be uber-retarded to match Yuusaku's
candy__chan (10:38:32 PM): ...that makes me sad ;o;
clover_magic (10:38:47 PM): ...Me too D:
candy__chan (10:39:01 PM): *sigh* Okay...what for Toichi, Akako, and Okiya...
clover_magic (10:39:18 PM): Toichi Kuroba
Akako Koizumi
Subaru Okiya....
candy__chan (10:39:33 PM): Do we want to stick with the idea of Kuroba = Black?
candy__chan (10:39:39 PM): ...HIS FIRST NAME SHALL BE SIRIUS!
candy__chan (10:39:42 PM): *SHOT*
clover_magic (10:39:45 PM): ROFL
candy__chan (10:39:56 PM): *bleeds and dies*
clover_magic (10:39:56 PM): WIN
clover_magic (10:40:10 PM): Troy
candy__chan (10:40:12 PM): Okay, so Toichi is Sirius Black...and now we know exactly how he died, too.
clover_magic (10:40:19 PM): Turner
candy__chan (10:40:20 PM): A fandom mystery solved!
clover_magic (10:40:23 PM): XDDD
candy__chan (10:40:26 PM): *smack me, I'm stuck*
clover_magic (10:40:30 PM): *smack*
candy__chan (10:40:34 PM): *wobbles*
candy__chan (10:40:42 PM): ...Todd?
candy__chan (10:40:45 PM): TUCKER!
clover_magic (10:40:52 PM): YES
clover_magic (10:40:56 PM): TUCKER OMFG
candy__chan (10:41:00 PM): Tucker Black vs. Booker Kudo!
clover_magic (10:41:06 PM): kl;h fklh dsjkl fs
clover_magic (10:41:09 PM): AHAHAHAHAHA
candy__chan (10:41:25 PM): The only person I've seen in fiction who carries the name Tucker is Tucker Foley from Danny Phantom. No offense to any Tuckers I haven't met *gg*
candy__chan (10:41:30 PM): Okay, so Tucker Black.
clover_magic (10:41:34 PM): \o/
candy__chan (10:41:37 PM): ...Subaru Okiya?
candy__chan (10:41:42 PM): Sheldon
clover_magic (10:41:45 PM): XDDD
clover_magic (10:41:53 PM): Sheldon O'Conner
candy__chan (10:41:58 PM): BINGO! \o/
candy__chan (10:42:09 PM): Which leaves us with a last name for Jii and a name for Akako.
clover_magic (10:42:16 PM): *nods*
clover_magic (10:42:25 PM): Jii's original last name was.....was...
candy__chan (10:42:35 PM): Konouske, wasn't it?
clover_magic (10:42:42 PM): Something long and retarded....
clover_magic (10:42:52 PM): Konousuke sounds familar....
candy__chan (10:43:09 PM): ...what goes badly with Graham?
clover_magic (10:43:26 PM): Graham....Kelly?
candy__chan (10:43:47 PM): ...sounds like a musical star from the fifties XD PERFECT!
clover_magic (10:43:52 PM): XDDDD
candy__chan (10:43:56 PM): Okay, so what's left for Akako?
clover_magic (10:44:01 PM): Umn
clover_magic (10:44:15 PM): A-names....Anna, Ann, Allison, Alyssa...
candy__chan (10:44:18 PM): Angelina~
clover_magic (10:44:24 PM): Hee!
clover_magic (10:44:25 PM): ANGIE
candy__chan (10:44:29 PM): XD
clover_magic (10:44:35 PM): XDDDD
candy__chan (10:44:45 PM): And for Koizumi?
clover_magic (10:44:49 PM): Umn.
candy__chan (10:45:05 PM): ...Kinkaid?
candy__chan (10:45:16 PM): *y halo thar, straws--I grasp at you!*
clover_magic (10:45:21 PM): XDDD
clover_magic (10:45:31 PM): Kermier?
clover_magic (10:45:41 PM): KOSONOBICH SHE'S RUSSIAN
clover_magic (10:45:45 PM): vich
candy__chan (10:46:07 PM): XDDD
clover_magic (10:46:39 PM): Angelina Kosonovich, that's my contribution to Akako's naming
candy__chan (10:46:50 PM): Okay! Time to LJ-ify this! XD
(LJ-ify your IMs before pasting!)
And for those who find this all teal-deer, here's our condensed list of Bad Dub Names.
Kudo Shinichi = James "Jimmy" Kudo
Nakamori Ginzo = Mace Fuller (This one just had to be mentioned again for sheer awful)
Nakamori Aoko = Ashley Fuller
Kuroba Kaito = Kevin Black
Hakuba Saguru = Samuel White (Bonus: "Kevin" can tease the uptight detective by calling him Sammy)
Akai Shuichi = Bob Smith
Konosuke Jii = Graham Kelly
Toyama Kazuha = Kat(i)e Thompson
Toyama-papa = He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named Thompson
Satou Miwako = Maureen Sanders
Takagi Wataru = Trent Wilder
Hattori Shizuka = Susan Hartwell
Hondou Eisuke = Eli Horton (who crashes into a Who and squishes it dead)
Mizunashi Rena = Rebecca Merryweather
Subaru Okiya = Sheldon O'Conner
Koizumi Akako = Angelina Kosonovich
Kuroba Toichi = Sirius Tucker Black
Why yes, we did have a very long discussion about this. WE ARE COMMITTED TO TALKING ABOUT THESE THINGS SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO! \o/ Or something...
candy__chan (10:04:35 PM): I've always thought Jimmy to be more of a nickname. So maybe it's not his *real* first name, but merely a nickname.
candy__chan (10:04:48 PM): Which leaves the possibilities open as to what, exactly, his real first name is.
candy__chan (10:04:57 PM): ...dear lord...maybe they named him after his FATHER T_T
clover_magic (10:04:59 PM): Jimmy is usually short for James
clover_magic (10:05:08 PM): "James Kudo"
clover_magic (10:05:15 PM): .....ahahahhahaahaaaaa rofl
candy__chan (10:05:15 PM): ...s'far as I'm concerned, anything is better than Booker.
clover_magic (10:05:22 PM): God, I know.
candy__chan (10:05:49 PM): ...somehow, it seems less bad with James. I don't know why. Still hurts me in my heart, but...not so much a stabby pain as a dull ache and a "whyyyy?" feeling.
clover_magic (10:05:56 PM): Though Harley comes close.
candy__chan (10:06:03 PM): And what they did to Nakamori. That was just CRUEL.
candy__chan (10:06:28 PM): No, no--I can live with Harley and Richard and Rachel and all the others because compared to what they did to poor Nakamori-keibu, they all got the best names in the world.
clover_magic (10:06:34 PM): XD
clover_magic (10:06:41 PM): What *did* they name Nakamori?
candy__chan (10:06:50 PM): ...are you ready for this? Are you sitting down?
clover_magic (10:06:54 PM): Yep.
candy__chan (10:06:56 PM): ...
candy__chan (10:06:59 PM): Mace Fuller.
clover_magic (10:07:04 PM): .........
clover_magic (10:07:09 PM): Oh my god, that's so bad it's awesome.
candy__chan (10:07:12 PM): ...I bet it was a dare.
clover_magic (10:07:28 PM): It's sounds like a name for a bad cop in a porno
candy__chan (10:07:31 PM): "I dare you to pick the worst name ever for this character! It's a cameo--the fans won't care!"
clover_magic (10:07:53 PM): God, it doesn't even sound like his original name
candy__chan (10:08:11 PM): We were trying to think of what Aoko's dub name would be. Some of the names have been sticking to something remotely similar to their Japanese counterparts (Megure = Meguire, Ran = Rachel, ALL of the Shounen Tantei, etc.)
clover_magic (10:08:22 PM): Humn....
candy__chan (10:08:25 PM): So we were actually guessing that Nakamori would be Nelson...
clover_magic (10:08:34 PM): If they name her Sapphire, I might have to shoot them.
candy__chan (10:08:41 PM): But anyway, we were trying to think of the least painful one possible for Aoko. Best we came up with was Ashley.
clover_magic (10:08:47 PM): Ashley....
candy__chan (10:08:52 PM): Ashley Fuller. It's not...TOO painful.
clover_magic (10:09:05 PM): Anna, Anne, Ann...
clover_magic (10:09:10 PM): Amber
candy__chan (10:09:23 PM): ...and we couldn't come up with ANYTHING good for Kaito. Kevin was the best we could think of, and it's...not that good >_>;;
clover_magic (10:09:29 PM): XDDD
candy__chan (10:09:43 PM): Yeah, we ran through an entire list of girls' names beginning with A while putting them with the last name Fuller *shudder*
clover_magic (10:09:54 PM): Kane! LOL
candy__chan (10:10:01 PM): And Ashley was the one that just rolled off the tongue the easiest.
candy__chan (10:10:03 PM): ...no.
candy__chan (10:10:19 PM): Actually, my friend Kelly had the best response EVER to Nakamori's dub name. And she doesn't even know the series.
candy__chan (10:10:23 PM): Her response:
candy__chan (10:10:45 PM): "Mace? MACE? Like...the spiky thing you swing over your head to decapitate the other person? MACE? Like...the stuff you spray in someone's eyes so you can run away? MACE??"
clover_magic (10:10:52 PM): XDDD
clover_magic (10:11:02 PM): I still say it sounds like a bad-cop!porno name
candy__chan (10:11:08 PM): Then she hyperventilated, and we watched some Eddie Izzard to de-tox.
candy__chan (10:11:46 PM): I can deal with a lot of bad dub names--I'm not a subbie purist by any means. But that one...I swear, it had to be a dare or something. They could not have actually thought it was a good idea.
clover_magic (10:12:01 PM): I....really don't want to know how they'll butcher poor Kaito's last name
candy__chan (10:12:22 PM): ...Carlson? *shot*
clover_magic (10:12:28 PM): With our lukc, he'll end up Kevin Black or something
candy__chan (10:12:38 PM): ... *weeps* YOU HURT ME.
candy__chan (10:12:42 PM): WHY DO YOU HURT ME?
clover_magic (10:12:48 PM): BECAUSE I LOVES YOU BABY
candy__chan (10:13:00 PM): LIIIIIIIIIIES~ *WEEPS IN CAPS*
clover_magic (10:13:15 PM): AWWW COME HERE I'LL MAKE IT BETTER *BADTOUCHES IN CAPS*
clover_magic (10:13:34 PM): But yeah
clover_magic (10:14:01 PM): Kuroba isn't...exactly...a name that has a common English name that sounds alike
clover_magic (10:14:37 PM): ...........
clover_magic (10:14:39 PM): Hakuba.
clover_magic (10:14:47 PM): OH GOD HAKUBA, YOU'RE IN DC
candy__chan (10:14:56 PM): ...I wanted his name to be Steve.
candy__chan (10:15:00 PM): 8D
clover_magic (10:15:04 PM): XDDDD
clover_magic (10:15:12 PM): SIMON
clover_magic (10:15:20 PM): SIMON WHITE LOL
candy__chan (10:16:07 PM): ...Steve White sounds more porn-ish to me *ponders*
clover_magic (10:16:13 PM): Though it might end up Samuel as well.
candy__chan (10:16:23 PM): ...yuck.
candy__chan (10:16:42 PM): ...although it would be funny to watch Kaito (...Kevin?) calling him "Sammy."
clover_magic (10:16:44 PM): Sage hahaha
candy__chan (10:16:56 PM): And how would they handle the foreign thing? Because Harley doesn't have an accent.
clover_magic (10:17:13 PM): They didn't give him the Western one?
candy__chan (10:17:21 PM): Nope.
clover_magic (10:17:24 PM): Whoa
clover_magic (10:17:38 PM): For once someone doesn't dub an Osaka accent as coming from Texas
candy__chan (10:17:53 PM): He actually had a decent dub voice--I rather liked the guy's voice. And he played...well, an Americanized Heiji quite well.
candy__chan (10:17:59 PM): But...no accent.
clover_magic (10:18:05 PM): Well, since Hakuba comes from Britain, that would be an easy accent, if they gave him one
candy__chan (10:18:08 PM): Read somewhere that Heiji's actually from Canada. No idea how that works.
candy__chan (10:18:15 PM): ...wheeeeee, bad British accent ahoy!
clover_magic (10:18:20 PM): \o/
candy__chan (10:18:33 PM): ...oh lord...what about Akai Shuichi?
candy__chan (10:18:40 PM): ...Bob Smith.
clover_magic (10:18:45 PM): XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
candy__chan (10:18:49 PM): Totally needs to be Mr. Smith.
clover_magic (10:18:50 PM): JOHN DOE
candy__chan (10:18:55 PM): XDDD
candy__chan (10:19:11 PM): Must not laugh out loud. Hurts throat and rebellious lungs... *is dying over here*
clover_magic (10:19:26 PM): ...No, I further the Smith, actually
clover_magic (10:19:30 PM): SO HE CAN BE AGENT SMITH
candy__chan (10:19:35 PM): YES!
candy__chan (10:19:42 PM): And then Jodie would be...well, Jodie.
clover_magic (10:19:51 PM): Yeah, her name is already English
candy__chan (10:19:53 PM): Dude! We'd have Agent Smith and Agent Black!
clover_magic (10:20:02 PM): As well as Vermouth's and the....other FBI guy.
clover_magic (10:20:04 PM): \o/
candy__chan (10:20:14 PM): ...Agent Camel doesn't fit quite as well D:
clover_magic (10:20:21 PM): No, it doesn't. XD
clover_magic (10:20:29 PM): Oh yeah, that dude's name was James Black
candy__chan (10:20:34 PM): And then Caspar and Melkior--err, Gin and Vodka.
clover_magic (10:20:43 PM): He's always just "The Old One" when I think about him
candy__chan (10:20:53 PM): ...Jii would have to get a crazy name.
clover_magic (10:20:58 PM): XDDDD
clover_magic (10:21:02 PM): Graham
candy__chan (10:21:04 PM): Just for fun~ *is trying to think of other characters*
candy__chan (10:21:07 PM): *laugh*
clover_magic (10:21:19 PM): So Kevin can call him Graham-ps!
candy__chan (10:21:24 PM): For Toyama Kazuha, we were sort of pegging Katie Thompson...
candy__chan (10:21:26 PM): .......
candy__chan (10:21:37 PM): *takes out a very large gun*
clover_magic (10:21:46 PM): *grins unashamedly*
candy__chan (10:21:56 PM): You're not allowed to make puns anymore, missie.
clover_magic (10:22:09 PM): Hey, his name IS a pun, blame Gosho
candy__chan (10:22:17 PM): *plots to ninja at least part of this discussion over to LJ*
clover_magic (10:22:37 PM): Dooo eeeet
clover_magic (10:22:44 PM): All the talk about names is A++++++
candy__chan (10:23:04 PM): ...oh! What about Satou?
clover_magic (10:23:17 PM): Huh
candy__chan (10:23:27 PM): Takagi is Wilder (*weeps*) and Shiratori is Santos (...hate him, dun really care)...but Satou hasn't gotten a dub-name.
clover_magic (10:23:29 PM): First name is Miriam, definitely
candy__chan (10:23:35 PM): ...
clover_magic (10:23:51 PM): Well, what other names in English start with Mi?
clover_magic (10:23:58 PM): Her name is Miwako, after all....
clover_magic (10:24:25 PM): (I vote Takagi's first name being William too 8D)
candy__chan (10:24:32 PM): ...I was going to say Melissa or Megan or Might-Kick-Your-Ass...
candy__chan (10:24:41 PM): Let the name suit the woman!
clover_magic (10:24:47 PM): *gg*
clover_magic (10:25:13 PM): Though, with our lukc, she'll probably end up as...Maureen or something.
candy__chan (10:25:14 PM): William...unless his first name will start with a T?
clover_magic (10:25:19 PM): XD
clover_magic (10:25:29 PM): Well, since they changed it, maybe....
clover_magic (10:25:47 PM): Trent Wilder lol
candy__chan (10:25:51 PM): ...Thomas? Terry? Tony (hey, he could be Italian)?
clover_magic (10:26:03 PM): Humn.
clover_magic (10:26:14 PM): ...Timothy! *is shot*
candy__chan (10:26:30 PM): ...why don't we just give Shiratori ammo against him? XDD
clover_magic (10:26:43 PM): Okay! XD
clover_magic (10:26:52 PM): TYLER
candy__chan (10:27:17 PM): ...I could deal with Tyler. Maybe. Sort of. Ish.
clover_magic (10:27:29 PM): "Tyler Wilder". Say it out loud.
candy__chan (10:28:37 PM): ...Trent was better >_>;;
clover_magic (10:28:46 PM): He would never have lived through elementary school XD
clover_magic (10:28:51 PM): But yeah, Trent was okay
candy__chan (10:29:14 PM): ...have we forgotten anyone?
candy__chan (10:29:21 PM): Oh--Heizo was Martin. Which...yeah.
clover_magic (10:29:24 PM): Satou's last name
candy__chan (10:29:25 PM): What about Shizuka?
clover_magic (10:29:30 PM): Martin Hartwell. Uh.
clover_magic (10:29:34 PM): Hmm....
candy__chan (10:29:53 PM): ...
clover_magic (10:29:55 PM): Susan? Serenity? XD
candy__chan (10:30:06 PM): ...Susan Hartwell.
clover_magic (10:30:11 PM): \o/
candy__chan (10:30:14 PM): XD
clover_magic (10:30:17 PM): XD
candy__chan (10:30:18 PM): And Toyama...
candy__chan (10:30:33 PM): Will continue to be He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.
clover_magic (10:30:36 PM): Thomason?
candy__chan (10:30:42 PM): And Ootaki...can be Olsen.
clover_magic (10:30:59 PM): OLSEN LOL YES
candy__chan (10:31:19 PM): We thought Thompson for Toyama? Because ya know--Moore, Meguire, Wilder, etc. Wouldn't want to be creative or anything.
clover_magic (10:31:28 PM): XD
candy__chan (10:31:41 PM): ...have we got everybody?
clover_magic (10:31:46 PM): I...think so?
clover_magic (10:31:48 PM): OH OH
clover_magic (10:31:50 PM): EISUKE
clover_magic (10:31:53 PM): HA HA
candy__chan (10:31:56 PM): ...Eli *deadpans*
clover_magic (10:32:00 PM): XDDDD
clover_magic (10:32:08 PM): Eli Horton!
candy__chan (10:32:11 PM): XDD
candy__chan (10:32:15 PM): ...does he hear a Who?
clover_magic (10:32:26 PM): XDDDDD
clover_magic (10:32:42 PM): I think Eli would hit a Who instead
clover_magic (10:32:52 PM): or at least run into one
candy__chan (10:33:12 PM): SQUISH IT DEAD!
clover_magic (10:33:18 PM): XDDDD
candy__chan (10:33:28 PM): ...that feels sacriligeous, somehow.
clover_magic (10:33:32 PM): ...Yeah.
candy__chan (10:33:41 PM): ...Rena could be Rebecca?
clover_magic (10:33:47 PM): *nods*
candy__chan (10:33:52 PM): Or Rini! Piss of all those ol' Sailor Moon fans 8D
clover_magic (10:33:53 PM): Mizunashi is....
candy__chan (10:34:01 PM): *piss off, even
candy__chan (10:34:11 PM): ...Mizunashi is...
candy__chan (10:34:15 PM): ...Miller?
clover_magic (10:34:24 PM): Hmn.
candy__chan (10:34:27 PM): Meyers?
clover_magic (10:34:40 PM): McMillan?
candy__chan (10:34:46 PM): ...McDonald?
candy__chan (10:34:47 PM): *SHOT*
clover_magic (10:34:50 PM): XD
candy__chan (10:35:00 PM): If we're going to go for bad, let's go for broke!
clover_magic (10:35:06 PM): MERRYWEATHER
clover_magic (10:35:16 PM): TOP THAT
candy__chan (10:35:33 PM): ...AGAIN WITH THE HURTING.
candy__chan (10:35:38 PM): ;o;
clover_magic (10:35:42 PM): I TOP
candy__chan (10:35:48 PM): ONLY WHEN I LET YOU.
clover_magic (10:35:59 PM): WHICH IS ALWAYS
candy__chan (10:35:59 PM): *flounces off to molest Jeva some more*
clover_magic (10:36:02 PM): *gg*
candy__chan (10:36:04 PM): EXCEPT NOT.
clover_magic (10:36:20 PM): YEAH, OKAY, ONLY ON DAYS ENDING WITH A Y
candy__chan (10:36:21 PM): Jeva is my ho ^_~ I even have icons of it! *luffles mah Jeva*
candy__chan (10:36:38 PM): (...she's gonna keel me ded.)
clover_magic (10:36:43 PM): Heehee
clover_magic (10:36:54 PM): Rebecca Merryweather hahahaha
clover_magic (10:36:56 PM): YES
candy__chan (10:37:05 PM): ...anyone else?
clover_magic (10:37:10 PM): Umn....
clover_magic (10:37:16 PM): Okiya is pretty new
candy__chan (10:37:20 PM): ...or Akako!
clover_magic (10:37:27 PM): Let me look at the keyholes--oh yeah Akako!
candy__chan (10:37:31 PM): Toichi!
clover_magic (10:38:21 PM): Toichi's name needs to be uber-retarded to match Yuusaku's
candy__chan (10:38:32 PM): ...that makes me sad ;o;
clover_magic (10:38:47 PM): ...Me too D:
candy__chan (10:39:01 PM): *sigh* Okay...what for Toichi, Akako, and Okiya...
clover_magic (10:39:18 PM): Toichi Kuroba
Akako Koizumi
Subaru Okiya....
candy__chan (10:39:33 PM): Do we want to stick with the idea of Kuroba = Black?
candy__chan (10:39:39 PM): ...HIS FIRST NAME SHALL BE SIRIUS!
candy__chan (10:39:42 PM): *SHOT*
clover_magic (10:39:45 PM): ROFL
candy__chan (10:39:56 PM): *bleeds and dies*
clover_magic (10:39:56 PM): WIN
clover_magic (10:40:10 PM): Troy
candy__chan (10:40:12 PM): Okay, so Toichi is Sirius Black...and now we know exactly how he died, too.
clover_magic (10:40:19 PM): Turner
candy__chan (10:40:20 PM): A fandom mystery solved!
clover_magic (10:40:23 PM): XDDD
candy__chan (10:40:26 PM): *smack me, I'm stuck*
clover_magic (10:40:30 PM): *smack*
candy__chan (10:40:34 PM): *wobbles*
candy__chan (10:40:42 PM): ...Todd?
candy__chan (10:40:45 PM): TUCKER!
clover_magic (10:40:52 PM): YES
clover_magic (10:40:56 PM): TUCKER OMFG
candy__chan (10:41:00 PM): Tucker Black vs. Booker Kudo!
clover_magic (10:41:06 PM): kl;h fklh dsjkl fs
clover_magic (10:41:09 PM): AHAHAHAHAHA
candy__chan (10:41:25 PM): The only person I've seen in fiction who carries the name Tucker is Tucker Foley from Danny Phantom. No offense to any Tuckers I haven't met *gg*
candy__chan (10:41:30 PM): Okay, so Tucker Black.
clover_magic (10:41:34 PM): \o/
candy__chan (10:41:37 PM): ...Subaru Okiya?
candy__chan (10:41:42 PM): Sheldon
clover_magic (10:41:45 PM): XDDD
clover_magic (10:41:53 PM): Sheldon O'Conner
candy__chan (10:41:58 PM): BINGO! \o/
candy__chan (10:42:09 PM): Which leaves us with a last name for Jii and a name for Akako.
clover_magic (10:42:16 PM): *nods*
clover_magic (10:42:25 PM): Jii's original last name was.....was...
candy__chan (10:42:35 PM): Konouske, wasn't it?
clover_magic (10:42:42 PM): Something long and retarded....
clover_magic (10:42:52 PM): Konousuke sounds familar....
candy__chan (10:43:09 PM): ...what goes badly with Graham?
clover_magic (10:43:26 PM): Graham....Kelly?
candy__chan (10:43:47 PM): ...sounds like a musical star from the fifties XD PERFECT!
clover_magic (10:43:52 PM): XDDDD
candy__chan (10:43:56 PM): Okay, so what's left for Akako?
clover_magic (10:44:01 PM): Umn
clover_magic (10:44:15 PM): A-names....Anna, Ann, Allison, Alyssa...
candy__chan (10:44:18 PM): Angelina~
clover_magic (10:44:24 PM): Hee!
clover_magic (10:44:25 PM): ANGIE
candy__chan (10:44:29 PM): XD
clover_magic (10:44:35 PM): XDDDD
candy__chan (10:44:45 PM): And for Koizumi?
clover_magic (10:44:49 PM): Umn.
candy__chan (10:45:05 PM): ...Kinkaid?
candy__chan (10:45:16 PM): *y halo thar, straws--I grasp at you!*
clover_magic (10:45:21 PM): XDDD
clover_magic (10:45:31 PM): Kermier?
clover_magic (10:45:41 PM): KOSONOBICH SHE'S RUSSIAN
clover_magic (10:45:45 PM): vich
candy__chan (10:46:07 PM): XDDD
clover_magic (10:46:39 PM): Angelina Kosonovich, that's my contribution to Akako's naming
candy__chan (10:46:50 PM): Okay! Time to LJ-ify this! XD
(LJ-ify your IMs before pasting!)
And for those who find this all teal-deer, here's our condensed list of Bad Dub Names.
Kudo Shinichi = James "Jimmy" Kudo
Nakamori Ginzo = Mace Fuller (This one just had to be mentioned again for sheer awful)
Nakamori Aoko = Ashley Fuller
Kuroba Kaito = Kevin Black
Hakuba Saguru = Samuel White (Bonus: "Kevin" can tease the uptight detective by calling him Sammy)
Akai Shuichi = Bob Smith
Konosuke Jii = Graham Kelly
Toyama Kazuha = Kat(i)e Thompson
Toyama-papa = He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named Thompson
Satou Miwako = Maureen Sanders
Takagi Wataru = Trent Wilder
Hattori Shizuka = Susan Hartwell
Hondou Eisuke = Eli Horton (who crashes into a Who and squishes it dead)
Mizunashi Rena = Rebecca Merryweather
Subaru Okiya = Sheldon O'Conner
Koizumi Akako = Angelina Kosonovich
Kuroba Toichi = Sirius Tucker Black
Why yes, we did have a very long discussion about this. WE ARE COMMITTED TO TALKING ABOUT THESE THINGS SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO! \o/ Or something...