Further info: This is the giveaway Yyeshurun suggested which won my previous giveaway. Basically, I will have a handful of pokemon. All you nerds have to do is think of a good creative nickname for them and I will grade them. You will be graded using a rubric to get points. Whoever has the most points overall before December 9 wins. I will rate your names on the spot using my rubric. No edits or deleting messages.
Originality: Self explanatory. If you name a heatmor āAnt Heaterā I will break your knees.
Fitting: You canāt just name an Empoleon āSengokuā.
Quality: Donāt name a Kricketot āJimā. Unless you want to lose and be verbally harassed by me.
Source/Reference: Anthropology is pretty rad. If your name means something in another language while still seeming like a name, you will get bonus points. Same goes for if you use wordplay. To make sure you do get points, explain your names.
Heatmor - Pyro (Pyro means āFireā, itās also a class in TF2 that uses a Flamthrower, the same weapon that Heatmor is based on)
Spiritomb - Mori (Part os the setence āMemento Moriā, āRemember that you have to dieā in Latin, it has the move Memento, so itās the second part of the setence)
Empoleon - Bonaparte (Empoleon Bonaparte, a good punā¦)
Bidoof - Lumberjack (Beaver, the animal Bidoof is based on, is known for cutting wood, same work that lumberjacks has)
Eevee - Morphosis (āThe sequence or manner of development or change in an organism or any of its parts.ā)
Leafeon - Bowtruckle (Thatās a name for a Harry Potter creature, similar to small trees)
Zebstrika - Marty (From Madagascar)
Honchkrow - Godfather (Honchkrow looks like a mafia member, so why not Godfather?)
Keldeo - Uni (From Dungeons and Dragons cartoon, there is an unicorn named Uni)
Kricketot - Beethoven (Kricketot is related to music in its pokedex, so why not name it after a famous composer and pianist?)
this is fun i will make sure to join next nicknaming contest i thought he had a mustache my bad even so he would look great with a mustache that looks like the hair on his head
Heatmor - Microwave - Because I would use Heatmor as one
Spiritomb - Yao Guai - monster/ghost etc in Mandarin
Empoleon - Polaris - Because penguins and North Poles and Emāpolāeon
Bidoof - Homework - As in HM because heās pretty much an HM thing
Eevee - Tonks - As in Harry Potter because Iām pretty sure she can change her appearance?
Leafeon - Ye - Leaf in Mandarin
Zebstrika - California - Iām used to storms, living in Shanghai for 8 years but Iām bitter because CA has none
Honchcrow - Yaya - āYaā is the second word of crow in Mandarin
Keldeo - Buck - Horsey and pretty important in the US
Kricketot - Chang - Chang is sing in Mandarin
ā¢Heatmor - Hant Hill (Layers to this one - Hank Hill is famous for his passion for propane and propane accessories. Hank Hill is famous for his overpronunciation of H sounds. And an Ant Hill is Heatmorās favourite snack.
ā¢Spiritomb - Donne (Spiritombās basis in a Buddhist tradition of ringing a bell to chase away 108 temptations to reach Nirvana reminded me of the famous line from John Donne regaridng the mortality of man - āSend not to know for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee.ā Thereās a Spiritomb/Spirit Whom thing there too.
ā¢Empoleon - Kingu
ā¢Bidoof - Bucktoof (Also simple - dudeās bucktoothed, mixes in his name there as well)
ā¢Eevee - Tempus (The alias of Eva Bell, an X-men mutant)
ā¢Leafeon - NoChin (Named after LeafyIsHere and his lack of chin, who Leafeon also kinda looks like)
ā¢Zebstrika - Marcy (Marty the zebra from Madagascar + arc of electricty)
ā¢Honchcrow - Fat Crony (Fat Tony from the Simpsons + crow + crony)
ā¢Keldeo - Crushoe (After the Water Horse, with the h thrown in, itās an anagram of āC horseā [with a left over U], also horse show/shoe probably idk)
ā¢Kricketot - Trillidae (Gryllidae [scientific classification for crickets] + Trill [sound a cricket makes + hip-hop slang])
