Daniel Blackworth Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 (edited) Have you ever noticed that in all Pokemon Games (canon or fan made), gym leaders usually have a name that has a relation to his/her specialization: For example: -Jasmine (Steel) - mine, related to iron and steel -Roxanne (Rock) - rox, it sounds like rock -Chili (Fire) - chili, which means hot and spicy Now, I challenge you all to give names for Gym Leaders that have a direct or indirect relation to their type specialization! (Original Characters) Here's mine: (OCs) Hailey (Ice) - Hail, a storm of large icicles Xander (Rock) - Xand, Xand sounds like sand which are particles that were once rocks Bonus Challenge: Try explaining puns in the Gym Leader's names of the Canon Games, Pokemon Reborn, and Rejuvenation. Good Luck. EDIT: Elite 4 Members, Important Characters, and Champions can be included in this challenge. Edited August 19, 2015 by Mr. Divergent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frostilicious Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 (edited) Have you ever noticed that in all Pokemon Games (canon or fan made), gym leaders usually have a name that has a relation to his/her specialization: For example: -Jasmine (Steel) - mine, related to iron and steel -Roxanne (Rock) - rox, it sounds like rock -Chili (Fire) - chili, which means hot and spicy Now, I challenge you all to give names for Gym Leaders that have a direct or indirect relation to their type specialization! Here's mine: Hailey (Ice) - Hail, a storm of large icicles Xander (Rock) - Xand, Xand sounds like sand which are particles that were once rocks Bonus Challenge: Try explaining puns in the Gym Leader's names of Pokemon Reborn and Rejuvenation. Good Luck. Pokemon Rejuvenation: Volta- Obviously Volt (electric gym leader), Amber- Obviously Ember (Fire gym leader), Venam- Obviously venom(poison gym leader). Pokemon Reborn: Luna: Which means moon, which lightens up the night when it's dark. (Dark gym leader), Terra-Which means land in latin (Ground gym leader). Also as of regular games, Skyla- Sky (Flying pokemon). Edited August 19, 2015 by timbla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyRunner Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Reborn Julia - from 'Joule' Kiki - from 'chi', circulating life force Aya and Cain - from 'iocane', a fictional poison from 'The Princess Bride' Charlotte - from 'char' Ciel - means 'sky' in French Main games Brock - from 'rock' Norman - from 'normal' Volkner - from 'volt' Fantina - from 'phantom' Candice - from 'ice' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Tack Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Florinia: Flora=flower Julia: Joules? Shelly: Bugs have exoskeletons, which some people call shells for some reason Shade: Do I really have to explain this one? Kiki is based on chi, even though it was already mentioned Noel: likely a pun on normal Samson: iirc A person mentioned in some book as being an extremely strong man Honestly most of these are likely wrong, that and i got ninja'd whle typing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackMage Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 (edited) Misty - Mist (a mixture of water and gas molecules) Sabrina - A fictional teenage witch Bugsy - Obviously bug Chuck - Possibly from Chuck Norris (who is a fighter irl) Brawly - From 'Brawl' which means to fight Wattson - Watts Burgh - Possibly the same as Bugsy Clay - From Clay, a substance present in the soil Skyla - Relating to the 'sky' Drayden - A combination of Dragon and Den - for e.g : a dragon living in it's den. From Reborn, others have mentioned above, but those not : Corey - Possibly a corruption of 'corrosive' Luna - Pertaining to lunar which often relates to darkness Samson - I don't remember this one accurately but he is someone from the Bible who destroyed a castle using only his fists. Terra - Self-explanatory - 'Terra' directly means a land or terrain. Edited August 19, 2015 by BlackMage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyRunner Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Samson: iirc A person mentioned in some book as being an extremely strong man Honestly most of these are likely wrong, that and i got ninja'd whle typing No, he's called Samson because his dad was called Sam. Yep, Samson's a guy from the Bible. Cut off all of the guy's hair and he loses his strength. Amaria - from 'mar', which means 'sea' in Spanish, or 'amar', which means 'love' Hardy - from 'hard rock' Titania - play on 'titanium' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackMage Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 No, he's called Samson because his dad was called Sam. Yep, Samson's a guy from the Bible. Cut off all of the guy's hair and he loses his strength. Amaria - from 'mar', which means 'sea' in Spanish, or 'amar', which means 'love' Hardy - from 'hard rock' Titania - play on 'titanium' Drats, I forgot those three! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyRunner Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Saphira - from the dragon in Eragon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Blackworth Posted August 19, 2015 Author Share Posted August 19, 2015 To be accurate, Samson destroyed the place of worship of the Philistines. He killed around 10000, I think, and killed himself in the process. Other Examples: Pryce - another 'Ice' gym leader Whitney - white means normal, I think? Sabrina - a witch from the comic 'Sabrina' Flannery - flame, I think? Winona - from wind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyRunner Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 (edited) Victoria - from 'victory' Fern - 'fern', obviously Heather - rhymes with 'feather' Cal - play on 'caliente', which means 'hot' in Spanish Laura - from 'laurel' Bennett - from 'net' Lin - play on 'lindworm' Blake - play on 'flake', as in 'snowflake' Yes, I know that they're not Gym Leaders, so just to keep this post on-topic: Updated Amaria - Portuguese for 'would love', and she would love it if she didn't jump off a waterfall, wouldn't she? Edited August 19, 2015 by SkyRunner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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