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Is there any evidence on whether "Balrog" from Street Fighter is named after the Balrogs in The Lord of the Rings?
In the original Japanese version of Street Fighter II, Balrog is a claw-wielding Spanish ninja/assassin. When the game was localized for the US, this character's name was changed to Vega.
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Which Abednedo are named after Beastie Boys titles?
Some Abednedo have been named after albums or songs by the Beastie Boys, most famously Ello Asty after Hello Nasty. The Abednedo themselves having been named after part of the refrain to "...
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Viridis and felodon: shared worldbuilding?
A recent question in the "Hal Clement challenge" asked if there was any meaning or significance to the name "felodon", an amphibian carnivore with large fangs that featured in ...
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Where did the name “Narnia” come from? What does this name mean?
What inspired C.S. Lewis to name his imaginary world “Narnia?”
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Was the name "Thanos" derived from "Thanatos", the name of the Greek god of death?
This is intended to be an out-of-universe question
I recently learned of Thanatos the Greek god of death, and I could not help but notice how similar the name Thanos is to the name Thanatos. This got ...
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Does the name of Shub Niggurath contain or reference a racial slur?
I've always thought that the name of the Lovecraft deity Shub Niggurath was intended to sound vaguely Semitic, but I recently noticed that it seems to encode a certain well-known English-language ...
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Why is the name "Rigel", and especially "Rigel VII", used in multiple universes?
Star Trek has a Rigel VII.
Star Wars has a Rigel VII.
Marvel Comics has a Rigel-3.
The Simpsons has a Rigel 7, though I expect this is parodying the aforementioned works.
All of the above systems ...
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Are the names Tom Riddle and Harry Potter a reference to the phrase "any Tom, Dick or Harry"?
An undiscovered hidden meaning behind Harry Potter naming?
JK Rowling goes to some lengths to have hidden meaning behind her names, as everyone here is surely aware. Since Voldemort's real name is ...
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What does "Diaval" mean?
What does the name "diaval" mean? Is that an invented name? I have searched it over the internet but it has never appeared in SSA's name database.
Diaval was a character in Disney's Maleficent. He ...
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Was Hogwarts named such because of a connection to warthogs?
Was Hogwarts named 'Hogwarts' because of a connection to warthogs?
Or was it named for hogs and warts separately, or something else entirely?
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McKay/Carter Intergalactic Gate Bridge name reference to real world
It seems likely to me that the McKay/Carter Intergalactic Gate Bridge is a reference to the Macdonald-Cartier Bridge or Freeway given the similarity in name and the show's Canadian connection.
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