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Clever Pokémon Nicknames

Oh man I love nicknaming my Pokémon. For the sake of people's sanity though, I'm not listing all of my 2934723782362 teams. XD;

Carla -- Raichu -- I..I have no idea, really..
Luna -- Clefable -- None other than the moon, of course. Clefable practically worship the moon. Lol.
Dandilion -- Meganium -- If you have no idea what a dandilion is, then it's a weed/plant thing.
Ivan -- Mawile -- Again, I have no idea. XD;
Ace -- *Flygon* -- I always thought Ace was a good name for a Flygon.. mainly because of 'Aerial Ace'.
Xei -- *Weavile* -- Name for my Medicham in Emerald. Humanshape-ish Pokémon ftw.
Aster -- *Kirlia* -- Aster's a flower. Flower-y names fit for the Ralts family. :p
Tanaka -- Drifblim -- Means 'wind' in Japanese or something. I don't remember.
Calista -- Lopunny -- Beauty, I think?
Vafara -- Nidoqueen -- I think Vafara's beauty too..

Woohoo. 3 shinies on one team! (A-Aster being the only one I got myself. I got him from an egg, but he doesn't have any egg moves. Bawww.)
 
My Pokemon's Nicks

Chingling: Chime
Chimecho: Echo
Machamp: Chopper
Zubat: ZuBatty
Shellos Twins: Blue & Knip
 
UXI- SINE
MESPRIT- TANGENT
AZELF- COSINE
DIALGA- LHOPITALS
HEATRAN- DIRECTRIX
-Math terms... am I a dork?
PIKACHU- THE CHEAT
-Homestar Runner

The rest I nickname to have one capital and the rest lowercase letters.
 
Yup

I give my pokemon dog names like,
Bulbasaur(M)BULBY
Loppuny(F)Bunny
Darkai(M)Darky
Munchlax(F)Hungry
Charmander(M)Fire
Magnezone(N)Magnet
 
I just nicknamed a Castform Jimmy, I taught it Sandstorm!

Jimmy was Buffeted by the sandstorm.
 
I tend to watch TV while mindlessly biking up and down to hatch eggs, so some of my hatchers have interesting names: Homer, Lisa and Maggie from the Simpsons (Ponytas) and Hussey, Roy, Haydo, Clarkie, Murali and Punter from watching the cricket (Skorupis).

Mostly I give my Pokemon random names like Bub or Slapper.

In my party at the moment I have Tiff the Staraptor, Pipi the Empoleon, Doof Doof the Gyarados (named for a loud car driving past at the time), Bam! the Graveler, Slob the Gloom, and one of my two mystery Tentacool eggs.
 
I havent named my pokemon yet (i never name them till i beat the elite 4 cause i know then that those pokemon are special) Ive been thinking about it though...here are possible ideas please comment on them

Gastrodon- Gwen (Gwen verdon)
Staraptor-Emcee (From Cabaret GO JOEL GREY)
Driflim-Chita (GO CHITA RIVERA)
Luxray- Jerry (Orbach, enough said)
Empoleon- Harold (Hill from music man)
Abamasnoe- Boq (from wicked)

All of these names are either big broadway stars or big broadway characters (i am a musical lover lol :p)
 
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my gengar is named: you guessed it, gengar...
my electivire is named: wouldn't you know it electivire...
the rest of my pokemon follow the same general idea...
yah, i'm so creative!

it would be nice if people posted comments of signifigance to the topic at hand
 
Weavile - ESPEON (in case my opponent uses Shift)
Alakazam - Pythagoras (...I had been doing math all day >_>")
Salamence - Salamence
Shuckle - Shuckle
 
Lucario - Snix
Tyranitar - Sweetie (female)
Feraligtr - V.I.P.
 
Here are some examples of the kind of nicknames I give my Pokemon:

Doubleduce/Ambipom (M)- So called because he can pull the famous "Double Duce" move off. Homestar Runner reference.
Artpup/Smeargle (F)- I had a female Smeargle on Crystal named Artpup, so this was for memories' sake.
Stubby/Bibarel (F)- Named after Bidoof's rumored English name.
Hei Hei/Crawdaunt (M)- named for the sounds Corphish makes in the Japanese version.
Noodles/Tangrowth (M)-meh, I was hungry at the time...
Fyrus/Heatran (M, Shiny)- Bet you can't guess what my favorite console video game is...

Ok, now here are the nicknames of my main party:

Rockbottom/Torterra (M)- Named after a tortoise character in a Redwall book.
Warbeak/Staraptor (F)- named after the sparrow queen in Redwall.
Blosso/Roserade (M)- Short for "Blossom", because my Roserade is a guy...
Fingal/Floatzel (M)- Named after an otter character from the Mistmantle Chronicles
Koruki/Luxray (F)- This is actually not based on anything. This name is completely original.
Infernape (M)- Is only named Infernape because I got him through the GTS...
 
Abamasnoe- Boq (from wicked)

All of these names are either big broadway stars or big broadway characters (i am a musical lover lol :p)[/QUOTE]

I changed this name to Cheno cause its a girl (kristen chenoweth)
 
I don't keep a constant team, so here's my favorites:

Cherrim-Green, dare i say why?
Slowbro-Slowy, :)
Slowking-Ywnage, play on pwnage, one of Slowy's sons
Pearl Staraptor-Lindberg, the aviator
Diamond Staraptor-Amelia, the aviator
Snover-Evergwen, combo of evergreen and Gwen
Jughead-Victreebel, its a jug plant
 
I love nicknames, they're fun => I'll list some of mine too...

First my Diamond in-game team. Then some random ones.

Empoleon, female- Peppermint. Cause minty things make me think of winter, which makes me think of penguins. A friend suggested the name though.
Staraptor, male- Hawke.
Bibarel, female- Dora.
Luxray, female- Lea.
Roserade, male- Romeo.
Rapidash, female- Solei. Soleil is French for sun, I just dropped the silent l.

Salamence, male- Bagel. It was cute when he was a Bagon, anyway. Which lasted an entire level. Lol.
Fearow, female- Fearless.
Dustox, male- Stringer. Named because of String Shot.
Sceptile, male- Trent.
Unown (b)- Birdie, cause it kinda looks like a bird.
Lanturn, female- Alannah.
Skuntank, female- Roma. As in aroma.
Vibrava, male- Pride. He's an antlion Pokemon, and lions live in prides.
Pikachu, female- Rabbit. That's what I thought Pikachu was the first time I saw it. In the same vein, I have a male Raichu named Hare.
Cacnea, female- Stabrina. Stab + Sabrina.
Tentacruel, female- Izumi. Because the name Tentacruel makes me think of the Digimon Tentomon, partner of Izzy, or Koushiro Izumi. I had a male in Silver named Koushiro, so I named her in his honor.
Vespiquen- Cornflake. I let my brother name her for me, lol.
Regigigas- Giggles. I'm one of those weirdos who talks to their games =p and while I was trying to catch him I got tired of calling him Regigigas and called him Giggles instead. It's pretty funny, cause he's serious natured. XD He's the only legendary I've ever named.
Porygon- Engrish
Linoone, female- Nuki. Short for tanuki.
Armaldo, male- Roth. Sounded kinda like Anorith.
Armaldo, female- Rita. Named for the same reason.
Breloom, female- Shorah
Volbeat and Illumise- John and Yoko. Named for John Lennon and Yoko Ono.
Togekiss, male- Toki. I've always named my Togepis that.
Spinda, female- Ugly Betty. The placement of her spots isn't terribly attractive.
Spinda, male- Baldwin. He only has one spot on his cheek, so he looks kinda bald.
Lucario, male- Mario
Omastar, female- Merri
Torterra, male- Nettle
Beedrill, male- McFly
Sneasel, male- Laundry. Kinda stupid inside joke.
Kricketune, male- Mozart
Skarmory, female- Gwen. Named after a friend.
Lumineon, female- Rave
Masquerain, female- Maple
Nosepass, female- Pasha
Jynx- Kissu
Electabuzz, female- Batterie
Lopunny, male- Bartie
Nuzleaf, female- Nutella
Rampardos, female- Pedra
Skitty, male- Alfie
Duskull, female- Kuli
Leafeon, male- Lettuce
Glaceon, female- Sno Cone
Magmar, female- Momma. Cause I use her to hatch eggs.
Venusaur, female- Fleur
Toxicroak, female- Dart
Cacturne, female- Oasis
Infernape, female- Paprika
Corphish, female- Clippy
Volbeat (x3)- Nooj, Proot and Beatbox. Nooj is random, Proot cause that's what Volbeat's cry sounds like, sorta... And Beatbox should be obvious enough.
Shiny Absol, male- Lutely. Cause I'm an idiot.
Shiny Luxio, male- Courage
Shiny Shedinja- Angelo
Shiny Kadabra, female- Deborah.
Shiny Noctowl, female- Toshi. Not too hard to figure out.
Shiny Lickilicky, male- Berto
Shiny Zigzagoon, female- Kumquat
Shiny Geodude, female- Goldirocks. Like Goldilocks except she's a golden rock, lol.
Shiny Shinx, female- Braverie. To go with Courage =p

Oh, and a couple from my current Sapphire game.

Grovyle, female- Kimiko. Got the name from Xiaolin Showdown, used cause it sounded similar to Kimori.
Azumarill, female- Traci. Even more obvious than Toshi the Noctowl.
 
I use many nicknames

Gardevoir: GARDUHVWOR
Shiny Gardevoir: Body Guard
Salamence: Sam
Infernape: FERNO
Azelf: BLUESPRIT
Togekiss: Spike
Venusaur: Saury
Infernape: GOKUZARO

That's it for now

EDIT: Changed Gardevoir #2 to Shiny Gardevoir
 
It's hard for me to remember now but my first Diamond team was:
Empoleon: Proud rain
Roselia: (couldn't figure out how to evolve it at this point) Flower gift.
Staraptor: Big star
Gastrodon: Snail shell (-_-)
Luxray: Thunder cat (-_- again)
Bibarel: Big Beaver (-______-)

My most recent Pearl file:
Empoleon: Trident
Mismagius: Screech
Staraptor: Starboard
Flotzel: W.G. Burg (Woopy goldberg, and it's a guy, LOL)
Luxray: Star
Machamp:Hitko (I forget, It's japanese, and has something to do with fire)
 
Some new names:

"phaseSHIFT" - Hitmonchan (WoW Imp spell)
"Azualt" - Hitmonlee (Liked the sound of it)
"Pudding!" - Hitmontop (Puddin')
"Walrus!" - Tyrogue (My third favorite animal)
"Fluffums" - Arcanine (My fluffier dog's nickname)
"F**klax" - Snorlax (My immediate apologies for language, but I was expecting a Munchlax after 10,000 steps)
"Joegotthis" - Kangaskhan
The story with Joegotthis involves the Safari Zone and a bit of frustration. I was seeking to catch a Kangaskhan in the Pastoria City Safari Zone, to no avail (only one showed up, and it ran away rather quickly). Finally, I thought to switch over to LeafGreen and head over to Fuschia. Several Kangaskhans appeared, but I was failing to capture a single one. In the middle of the "battle" with my fifth Kangaskhan or so, my boyfriend Joseph yanked my DS out of my hands and pressed A to throw the Safari Ball.. and 1, 2, 3 twitches.. it was caught.

"Midterms" - Kabuto
After my Food Survey Midterm, I started playing Pokemon behind my notebook. I found a Dome Fossil while underground, and had it resurrected or whatever.
 
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