36 Game Character Name Origins | Lets Think About That | Feat. ConnerTheWaffle

[@GANONdork123]

"Fox is named Fox because he is a fox." Finally, I have wondering the origins of his name forever. Thank you.

[@jonp96]

and the way he just says it and moves on instantly to the next character was hilarious lol

[@kappakingdom897]

GANONdork123 what about mccloud? i think its because...he is...in... the...ummm... clouds???

[@Hazardsubot]

what about slippy and peppy

[@mettatonsagent7541]

Ganondork rofl😂

[@majic144p]

That part killed me lmao😂

[@NoteBlock]

Okay, I never really noticed the weird white spots on the Kirby picture while I was editing this video, but now it's really pissing me off XD This was fun to make, I'm really excited to be working with you!

[@DragonClaw95.]

Wario is Mario set to wumbo.

[@RF-Ataraxia]

+mjg01906 Wombo combo

[@alexreddington2139]

+Royal Fenikkusu dat ain't Falco…

[@chiraggupta4035]

+Alex Reddington I cannot find Zhu where is he at.

[@jackbrooks3483]

+mjg01906 wow that is an old spongebob refrance

[@GeteMachine]

+Jack Brooks Wumbology? Its first grade.

[@61pokepi]

Fox is named fox because he is a fox. kk

[@heymemesaucevichaelhere9595]

IFFMF Also Fox is Shigeru Miyamoto's Fursona I'm actually being serious about that

Splatoon In My Pants Pics or it didnt happen XD

[@heymemesaucevichaelhere9595]

Hello H The starfox crew is based off of members of Nintendo I don't remember all of them, but I know fox is Miyamoto

[@crat3275]

+Hello H he said it at e3 2015

CRAT Sure m8 ;)

[@KingKlonoa]

6:59 I have headphones on. That noise scared the shit out of me.

[@astra3766]

KingK same

[@Kittyrave64]

But Luigi is a play on the word "ruiji" because it means "similar" and it just so happens that Mario and Luigi are two Italian names

[@funfoxvlad7309]

Yea he dosen't know his facts!

[@hamsterboya]

finally someone puts up a simple explanation on why fox is named fox

[@liamodonnell9452]

Because that was totally necessary.

[@GalekC]

There are people who've used complex explanations for his name?

[@martin_granola]

Wait, Universal sued nintendo in 1994? Wow, it mujst be awkward for them to be working together to make a nintendo themed park now

[@flamegrazer762]

Lol

[@MxPokirby]

Rum The past is in the past.

[@uniblades7266]

+Mr. Pokirby If only that was with every company. There would be so much cool stuff out there if there were crossovers with many games/movies.

[@brendenkidd4633]

Rum They tried, but Nintendo won because the name kong was fair use.

[@ToonersUWU]

+Rum Still waiting for the NX to be the Nintendo Playstation 2.0

[@MumboJ]

The Sora/Kairi/Riku (Sky/Sea/Land) naming gets even deeper in Birth by Sleep, when their predecessors are named Ventus/Aqua/Terra (Wind/Water/Earth).

[@screm2067]

I'm almost positive that Kirby's name was chosen less because of John Kirby, the lawyer, and more because of the contrast involved. Kirby is usually a harsh, strong sort of name, and giving it to a pink puffball was funny to the creator. Even if that puffball ended up becoming a literal god.

[@Oturan20]

Correction it _was_ a harsh, strong sort of name. Being attached to the Pink puffball has softened it. as now there are two things that pop into my head when I hear the name Kirby, The games and Jack Kirby the famous comic book artist.

[@PinkKips]

"Fox is named Fox because he is a Fox" I fucking lost it

[@scalchopwarrior3298]

+Duelist Mudkip NO! YOU DON'T SAY!?

[@ksjsnshsunsbsnsnsnsjsjaj]

My entire world is turning up side down

[@scalchopwarrior3298]

Alisher Nurumjan This, this can't be happening!

[@ShinjiHirako777]

4:24 Louie and Luigi are the English spelling of the french name for Louis (which is spelled Louis but pronounced Luigi) and Luigi is the Italian Name for Louis. So it makes a lot more sense than just rhyming.

[@TheTheisson]

doesnt ruigi also means similar in japanese

[@ssholum]

+TheTheisson yep, 類似

[@jamiehyland548]

+Shulk The Homs you really feeling it ?

[@iagree1787]

Shulk The Homs Is it Shulk because: anime Shit + HULK??

[@MxPokirby]

I Agree I hope you're joking.

[@thecplman1]

+I Agree Well, there is a character in Xenoblade Chronicles named Dickson who gets his name from *SPOILER ALERT!* being revealed as a major antagonist.

[@ConnerTheWaffle]

I am learning :D The video turned out amazing!! :D

[@OfficialChroniclesofGaming]

ConnerTheWaffle Yeah this series is excellent Conner! I hope we can work together as fellow Head Gnoggineers.

[@captaincomet9963]

ConnerTheWaffle Was not expecting you to be in this video.

[@oegaboy]

Hi connor

[@CyberSoulgem]

I love the new icon

[@anthonynguyen5788]

ConnerTheWaffle Hey Connor :D

[@chariot_requiem]

My aunt and uncle lied to me. They told me that Donkey Kong was just an accidental misspelling of Monkey Kong.

[@Mariokemon]

GrumpFan12 wow, they lied. thats no where NEAR true

[@bluefoxbrawler]

GrumpFan12 You wouldn't have been the only one; I was told that too.

[@BitterMillenial]

GrumpFan12 I remember watching a series on VH1 called "I Heart the 80s" and they covered Donkey Kong and they said the same thing, though I never heard that anywhere else other than that TV series.

[@hotglueninja8174]

+GrumpFan12 What sort of company misspells something in production, has the misspell mass-produced, and then *doesn't* fix it down the line?!?! Would nobody have noticed this?

[@danrose975]

+HotGlueNinja I agree. but maybe it was to late to change it ...

[@MemesToa]

Link also got his name because the original game was supposed to involve travel between the past and future, making him the *link* between those times.

[@scalchopwarrior3298]

+Vlad Drăculea (Țepeș) So he would have been a.... Link to the Past?

[@MemesToa]

Daniel Yogi Technically, yes.

[@scalchopwarrior3298]

Vlad Drăculea LOL

[@MemesToa]

Daniel Yogi But note that LtoP was released years after the original game. So that pun was likely in development by Nintendo for a good long time.

[@scalchopwarrior3298]

Vlad Drăculea Cooleo

[@LatiasDita]

I heard the story about how Mario got his name so many times, but the way its shown here, with Mario the landlord yelling, made me burst out in laughter. XD

[@NoteBlock]

StrawberryEggs Glad you liked it! I put way more time into that than I should have

[@VisualGourmet]

*Actually Olimar's name is much more complex:* Japanese is written in characters that represent syllables (except for the vowels and the letter N which appears often at the end of Japanese words.) Mario's name in Japanese is written with the characters "Ma", "Ri" and "O". Now Olimar's name wasn't just mixed around randomly: *If you read those characters backwards, you get O - Ri - Ma.* And if you say that quick enough, you'll hear the obvious "Olimar". _Especially if you consider, that there's no real L or R in Japanese; they instead have a sound that lies somewhere betwen them._

[@VisualGourmet]

It's the same with e.g. Krillin. Everbody knows Krillin's Japanese name: Kuririn. To understand that you have to know that the U is most often left out while speaking; similar to our G in "doin' sth" or our U in "let's do sth". If you now consider that the Rs sound very similar to Ls, you end up with first "K'ririn" and then "Krillin".

[@GalekC]

+VisualGourmet Orichalcum...O-Ri-Ka-Ru-Ka-Mu... O-Ri-Ka-Ru... Ru-Ka-Ri-O... Lucario!

[@BoredAsTheJackman]

The description of Link is wrong too

[@nerd7946]

Just wanna point out that you can spell Mario with Olimar.

[@Oturan20]

It's something like an "r" said like an "l" It's why _context_ is very important in Japanese.

[@SpyroTheGerudo]

And spyro is just sitting around, wondering when people will talk about him in his glory days again XD His name was created based on the root words Pyro for fire, and Spiro. Even more interesting is his full name would be Spyridon, since Spyro is a short form of that name. Geez, it's like the only people who acknowledges this dragon's existance these days are Caddicarus and Skylanders fanatics!

[@jaggedbrace1263]

No Samus? Poor metroid...

[@gone-sovereign]

There were a few different names suggested for Mega Man. "Battle Kid", "Mighty Kid", "Rainbow Warrior Miracle Kid", and "Battle Rainbow Rockman" were all proposed, the "rainbow" referencing Mega Man's color-changing ability whenever he attains a new weapon. Rockman was eventually settled on for the reasons stated in the video. In canon, Dr. Light chose the names "Rock" and "Roll" for his affinity with that genre of music. In American releases, when Rock volunteered to be converted into a fighting robot to combat Dr. Wily's army, his blaster was given the name "Mega Buster", for its incredible power. Because of this, Rock decided to be called "Mega Man". The origins of Dr. Light (Dr. Right in Japan) and Dr. Wily's names are a little bit more interesting. The origins of the surnames are plain to see. "Light" represents good and "wily" representing evil; the latter term also being a synonym for sneaky, which could be seen in Dr. Wily's character. The full names of either roboticist are Dr. Thomas Light and Dr. Albert Wily. Dr. Wily's first name Albert is taken from Albert Einstein, who, despite being universally viewed as an upstanding man, coordinated the research that went into the development of the atomic bomb, two of which were dropped on Japan in August 1945. From there, the correlation is easy to see. Dr. Light's first name of Thomas comes from Thomas Edison, who is arguably believed to have invented the incandescent light bulb, another reference to his American name. In canon, while developing Mega Man X, Dr. Light chose the name "X" because of the robot's unknown potential, that which Dr. Light himself would not live to see.

[@electricmastro]

Isn't "kong" another word for "ape" and not just exclusive to King Kong?

[@MxPokirby]

electricmastro I heard that that's what Miyamoto _thought_ because of King Kong, but how accurate that claim is, I don't know.

[@GeteMachine]

+electricmastro "Kong" is also a Chinese, Korean, and Cambodian surname.

[@WideMouth]

Link's name also means "left" in German, referencing how he is left-handed in most Zelda games. Although, it could just be a coincidence.

[@gabrielcaian2644]

WideMouthWideMouthia It may be a pun.

[@vitorgarcia5309]

Conner the waffle in a Gnoggin video? Life is complete.

[@KhunShawn]

So no new crossover web?

[@Gnoggin]

Its finally coming, don't worry, it's one of the "new" (finally returning) shows.

[@70jcarbon]

Pikachurin

[@garbanzomeatball4993]

Actually you were wrong with the popopo thing. He was originally "Twinkles Popo" However it was changed to popopo THEN kirby

[@garbanzomeatball4993]

Also the crash thing was just slightly off. Good video though

[@0whatman]

Gnoggin the flood is also named that way because of the bible, look it up it is true

[@brunfranc]

Epona was celtic, only beign brought to Rome later.

[@blinkshadown]

why is gnoggin gnoggin?

[@okcoolcool3210]

Because you use the Gaming part of your NOGGIN , put that together GNOGGIN (The G is silent) You probably already knew this just wanted to let you know just in case

[@codelric3410]

noggin as in brain and "G"noggin as in gaming. he's said it before in one of his videos ;)

[@codelric3410]

dammit Shane, you stole my thunder. I thought I was first to reply :p

[@okcoolcool3210]

CoDElric haha sorry, you explained it a bit better so

[@jgfence123]

I was soooo confused when I clicked on a gnoggin video and Conner started talking. Love the collab!!!!

[@ChakkyCharizard]

"Fox is named Fox, because he is a Fox." I died.

[@NickJamNG]

Those fly sounds around 7:00 were so close to my ears that I covered them and started swatting. Well done.

[@ericpeterson6520]

Actually, Link got his name because in an early build, there was gonna be time travel in the original game--kinda like OoT, except the future area would be very futuristic. Link was the "link" between the past and the future (not the player and the game)

[@foteinikiachidou1821]

Waluigi's hat has an upside down L on it, which in greek is the letter gamma that makes a sound just like the ''W'' on Waluigi and Wario. Blow Mind.

[@BroadwayBrittany]

This was great! I'd love to see more videos like this! :D

[@5vkuroashi460]

6:14 No it's because he was originally gonna travel to the past and the future so they decided to call him Link.

[@scalchopwarrior3298]

+Famau5 Rębîrthïč media.giphy.com/media/Y2nbrJyAR6RiM/giphy-facebook_s.jpg

[@PopitTart_]

10:29 "Fox is named 'Fox' because he is a *fox*" Really? O.O

[@fonejunky6306]

10:29 Joke #999,9999999999999999999999999999999999.

[@thepersonofpeople7966]

Wait, what about falco? He looks like more of a pheasant

[@codelric3410]

love the new logo design!

[@buciallstar]

the origins of the names of 35 very beloved videogame characters and waluigi

[@pallukun]

*The origins of 35 very beloved videogame characters and an overused meme

[@ilovemathandswimming]

**The origins of Waluigi and 35 other guys

[@thecplman1]

@ 3:51 I thought "Koopa" came from the Kappa from Japanese folklore.

[@tearlach47]

10:29 Wait what I thought he was a unicorn.

[@flame_506]

WOAH WOAH WAOH hold on a minute at 6:30 you said that his name was the players link to the world. buuuttt the actual reason was because there was a mechanic i the original zelda where link would time travel to the past and future (witch was somewhat used in later games) collecting computer chips and link was the LINK between time periods. i hope this has thought you something new today and have an excellent day or night

[@captainacorn2088]

I actually wondered why I deeply recognized that voice!!!

[@cindylopezsanders7459]

Pink Master wait are u pink sheep

[@astephanus]

Its conner check the desc

[@TheGamersState]

2 of my favourite KZbinrs in 1 video!? This is the best day ever!

[@cheeseboy2251]

There was a man sent from God and his name was John CENA🎺🎺🎺🎺

[@FancyNeon]

4:55 so that"s why he says wakkka wakka

[@Zodge]

I guess the world will never know how Ness got his name *Awaits obvious replies*

[@BChart781]

It's an anagram of sens

[@Zodge]

No Spire, it's an anagram of ssne!

[@Zodge]

drybones 02ZD SEGA does what Ness-don't!

[@BChart781]

Lucas is an acronym. L - Fuck U - The C - Police

[@Rioluman10]

drybones 02ZD Lucas means light. Klaus is an anagram of Lucas and means dark. There are also twins in The Notebook by Agota Kristof. His Japanese name is Ryuka which is a type of Japanese poetry. I'm not sure if this is intentional or not.

[@jackmcstapleson163]

OMG I have been waiting for you guys to make a video together for so long. It was worth the wait :)

[@luiza_careca]

The king of rice soup!

[@scalchopwarrior3298]

+Luiza Rodrigues #B3ar (Luuh) FEAR THE KING OF RICE SOUP. HE WILL COOK YOU INTO HIS SOUP AND EAT YOU!

[@TheUltimateDiamond]

OMG 2 of my favorite youtubers In a single video!!!!!!!!

[@Fanimati0n]

Actually, he was originally supposed to be called "Monkey Kong", but someone fucked up and we got donkey kong. Something I love about the "Universal Studios vs Nintendo" is the end result. It turned out that Universal DIDN'T have the rights to King Kong. Not only did they not own King Kong, but the king kong game they released (which was pretty much donkey kong with a different name) was seen as a violation of NINTENDO'S intellectual property, and won millions from the case. Nintendo won that case so hard that they came out of court with MORE money than they did going in.

[@Fanimati0n]

Kaitlyn Ullmann he's not a donkey either. What's your point?

[@OmnipresentOwl]

It's great to see Conner on this channel, nice colab!

[@deerpark5396]

I'm still stalking Conner even on a other channel

[@prastarkeepers]

9:31 also, it’s a dick joke. Metal Gear has a few of those. (Solid Snake, Liquid Snake, Naked Snake, Snake Eater, Phantom Pain)

[@Eeveechuvoli]

But I think 'Mr Needle Mouse' sounds WAY better

[@alaweyvc8729]

but... it's too silly for blue hedgehog run at the speed of sound

[@joelthehuman6571]

alawey vc 87 its also silly for a hedgehog to be blue

[@fonejunky6306]

Why?

[@My1xT]

Ali Moniem actually, the vid makers overlooked something. The japanese word for hedgehog, harinezumi separates into hari, which is needle and nezumi which is mouse, so basically his name was just hedgehog

[@spleakerphone]

MR NEEDLE MOUSE _THE HEDGEHOG_

[@mattwo7]

10:24 Protoman is Blues in japan, but Bass is Forte, though in context, this actually somewhat ironically means "loud" in relation to sound, in spite of Bass being low-pitched sound. People who have no idea about this sort of thing would be confused, especially when Bass.exe says "battle is his forte"...

[@bitter-unicorn]

I recognized Connor's voice!

[@حَسن-م3ه9ظ]

11:16 actually its sqaurel-like tail is inspired by tla mythical creature that's turtle that has seaweed for tail.

[@laszlogotje9956]

YES connerthewaffle!!!

[@SternleSquab]

love that bit runner music! I used to play that all the time just to hear that beautiful music!

[@maikomarx]

The pack man part reminded me of Scott pilgrim

[@BlurryCineplex]

I love seeing Conner collab with all of these people :3

[@kristopherawojobi5986]

I would have said the saur in bulbasaur is from dinosaur as he's based on a dinosaur species. Also Squirtle's tail isn't a squirrel tail. It's something from japanese mythology.

[@onesillypizzacat]

Kristopher Awojobi Well, in the word "dinosaur" dino- is from "deinos", (greek for "potent") and -saur (greek for reptile)

[@krx50]

There's actually a bit more to the "Mr. Needlemouse" name than people might think, as it comes from a discretion between languages. You see, the Japanese word for hedgehog is "harinezumi", but if you were to translate the two parts of that word, "hari" and "nezumi", into English, it would literally become "needle mouse"

[@nicocchi]

Subscribes to Conner -> This video is uploaded. Sounds like... a prize?

[@JambleBramble]

So Pikachu just yells "SPARKLE" in the anime

[@Pitrek1113]

*explains the japanese meaning of Wario, but doesn't explain the same thing with Luigi* lel

[@bagodrago]

Conner!!! Homie!!! I was waiting for you to appear on this channel!!!

[@TheDecatonkeil]

Miyamoto's grandfather was named Christo? That doesn't sound very Japanese...

[@GalekC]

+Decatonkeil That name could be pronounced "Kurisuto" in their language. Mangaka (Japanese comic book authors), Japanese animation-producers, light novelists, and Japanese game developers alike are prone to naming things based around the Latin alphabet. So, why not real-life people too?

[@TheDecatonkeil]

***** I find it weird that a Japanese man of the age of the father of Miyamoto would have a name with such implications (foreign, christian... christians are a negligible minority in Japan). The wikipedia article on Shigeru Miyamoto lists his parents names as Ijake (father) and Hinako, both traditional Japanese names, as much as Shigeru. No mention of grandparents so I don't know where the information comes from.

[@jasonbraun1469]

11:08 not squirt it's squirrel - turtle

[@revinevan87]

NOT A SQUIRREL'S TAIL! IT'S A WAVE

[@Nidomy]

For Louie et Luigi, in addition the character design and relationship to partner argument, there is also the fct that Luigi is the Italian equivalent to Louie in English and there's probably a common ancestor name for those two which would explain the similarity between those two.

[@mergele1000]

You know that Neptune is the roman god of horses? Epona is celtic.

[@MilenAnessar]

Bass and Treble original Japanese name are Forte and Gospel (Also song reference) And Protoman original name is Blues

[@Aspharon]

Ahhh, I absolutely love your new logo!

[@normadelacruz4897]

10:29 really I didn't know. Thank you for this useful information

[@tracytron7162]

3:20 I always thought they just slapped a random change to his name for him and Walugi lol

[@donniekitchen8806]

You could've gone further on the Kingdom Hearts segment; three other major characters who are best friends- Terra (Earth), Ventus (Wind), and Aqua (Water) all have the basic name origins of Sora (Sky), Riku(Land), and Kairi(Ocean), only their names are derived from Latin, not Japanese. Also, each character with a similar elemental name has strong ties to each other; Riku gets his Keyblade from Terra, Sora gets his Keyblade from Ventus, and Kairi gets her Keyblade from Aqua.

[@rotallyPumpered]

Snake did get his name from Snake Plissken. Kojima has talked about it in the past, stating in his regular movie editorial in Official UK PlayStation 2 Magazine how cool he thought the character was when he first saw Escape from New York, and how he mimicked how he dragged his leg for a while afterwards. John Carpenter was charmed by the homage, and wrote supportive comments that were printed in Japanese versions of Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance and Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence. There's also Snake's pseudonym, "Iriquois Pliskin" in MGS2, which is an obvious reference to the character.

[@Bamboo_bazooka]

and any kingdom hearts fan knows that in KH:BBS the characters are named Ventus,Terra and Aqua which is a nice little reference to the meanings of Sora, Riku and Kiari as the 3 names all mean the same things with Ventus , Terra and Aqua all being the latin words for the air, earth and water

[@pallukun]

There's also a character called Blues in Megaman, he's called Protoman in the international releases. He's the one with the shield and scarf.

[@NinHawk8940]

4:20 I actually remember reading that in a Club Nintendo magazine :P

[@BLink-uj8eo]

You know you two work so well together you're the perfect combination of theriost

[@ahbeef]

great to see you here again, Conner!

[@SilverGreyscale]

Gnoggin, there is one more thing about Luigi's name, it's a play on the word "Ruigi" which means Similar

[@MegaNancyLover]

I believe the kanji for luigi roughly translates to similar or same or twin. Which is fitting to his character being essentially a clone of Mario.

[@DragonofDarkness13]

For Megaman you could have also Added Blues as Protoman's name as a style of music and Rush as a popular Band

[@CaptainWardi]

Well, I've learned some few things by you guys. Great video!

[@jakexspace3342]

If you mentioned Bass and Treble you could also mention ProtoMan/Blues it's really simple a prototype robot master- ProtoMan, and Blues music refrence and also Bass japanese name - Forte also music related.

[@Harper_Onions]

as well as that pizza joint, Miyamoto also observed that the word ruiji(luigi if you're japanese) means "similar" in the Japanese language, and that Luigi was designed to have the same size, shape and gameplay of Mario.

[@halo4224]

10:22 I love that music

[@Kingdom-zu6tm]

"Fox is named Fox because he's a fox!" XD hilarious

[@danielcampos1715]

Link is named Link because in an early stage of development they though about a sequel in the future, so he was the link between those two worlds.

[@henrytaylor4455]

OMG Conner is in the video I love his videos...*keeps going on about how great conner is*

[@Borvoc]

Yay! Richard Scary! Also, nice conversational transitions, there, Gnoggin.

[@NordicAndNerdy]

The reason that people think Snake was named after Plissken because in MGS2, Snake goes by the alias "Plisken" to hide his identity from Raiden. It's pretty obvious though that Big Boss, who also had the codename "Snake", is heavily inspired by Plissken though. They both have an eyepatch, similar features, and even a similar background, once war heroes who ultimately turned traitor due to perceived failures/betrayals in the U.S. government. However, it's hard to say what came first. It's possible that Kojima named the character "Snake" first and later planted references to Plissken in the sequels, but it could go either way. I liked this new show, but I feel like a lot of this was very surface-level stuff and there's probably a deeper story to some of these (like Snake and Fox). I'm not sure what the plan is for this series, but I think digging a little deeper is always good for these sorts of things. Still good though, learned a few things :)

[@wigglerwednesday]

That plug at the end was presented really smoothly :P

[@D0S81]

i'll never forget ''eggman'' or as i know him, Dr Ivo Robotnik, and the story that went with him which was that, he was a regular skinny scientist by the name of Dr Kintobor, who whilst looking for a grey chaos emerald he met sonic the hedgehog, who was pretty fast, so he made sonic some sneakers, power sneakers, which now meant sonic could go the speed of sound. when he broke the sound barrier, it made him blue. one day there was an accident in kintobors lab, and a machine (the ROCC) that absorbed all the worlds bad energy, ended up in kintobor, and turned him into robotnik. i think i remember reading it in a magazine, or an instruction manual or something, but ill never forget it as a cool but weird way for a character to get his name.

[@OfficialChroniclesofGaming]

This is a pretty amazing series! I learned quite a lot. At least this series didn't get off to a rocky start like mine.

[@miguel0n338]

Finally, someone brings up King Koopa! Even in the US, some of us knew him by that name too, cuz in the cartoon (which most people can't stand nowadays) King Koopa was called that, and in the first 2 games with him, he breathed fire like a freakin' dragon! Then came Super Mario World, when I first started hearing people call him "Bowser", and he traded his awesome fire-attack for a stupid clown-faced helicopter thing. So as a kid, I I figured Mario must have destroyed King Koopa, and Bowser must be a a different monster altogether. I even thought about random stuff, like what if they teamed up, or who would win in a fight - which is even funnier now considering "koopa" is the name of a soup - is it turtle soup or something? :D But anyway, thanks for the awesome video! I knew the Mario and DK stories, and even Pac-Man's (except for the Japanese root work). But I didn't know the stories of Zelda Mega-Man or Crash or Master Chief, or the pokemon. Very, very cool! :)

[@misterklonoa1602]

I know one that wasn't covered in the video. PaRappa the Rapper was named PaRappa because "parappa" means paper-thin in Japanese, and the art style of the games has everyone paper-thin.

[@travistouchdown5198]

Master chef 9:39