Pokémon Do You Name Your Pokemon? If So, Do You Settle for a Theme?

[Captain Crazy Chicken]

I MOST CERTAINLY DIDDLY-DURNED DO!

Now for Theme Naming.

Now, on my 1st B2 run, I gave my guys a TF2 theme, but ONLY for 10 specific Pokemon. The 10 that got the treatment are...

A Lucario who is...

A Magmortar who is...

An Audino who is...

A Watchog who is...

A Raticate who is...

A Darmanitan who is...

A Cinccino who is...

A Zebstrika who is...

An Altaria who is...

A Wigglytuff who is...

The 2nd theme naming is also on B2, but it's a food theme, and it extends to all catches.

A Pignite named Bacon for obvious reasons.
A Liepard named Chzb.gr if only for I Can Has Cheezburger.
A Sewaddle named Salad because she looks the part.
An Azumarill named Protein because that's what's in his tail, as well as oil.
A Tranquill named ChikkyNugs to accentuate the fact that poultry is a kind of bird.
A Flaaffy named Mutton for the simple reason that a certain fluffy hooved animal has this as meat.
A Lillipup named Dinner because the Vietnamese diet consists of man's best friend.
A Riolu named Chip for no discernible reason.
A Magnemite named Cereal if only for this scene.
A Rattata named Peanut for the simple reason that mice like peanut butter.
A Sandile named Mud Pie because...
A Scraggy named Cerveaux because that means brain, and that is in the skull.

 

[Hyoshido]

I've never gone with themes, majority of the time I've went with names for pets for majority of my Pokemon, however I might do a themed set someday, heck even probably like a TF2 set that you've done.

 

[Beary]

Always

but no themes, whatever comes to mind

 

[Vizionari]

I usually name them, but it's not based on themes; I often use cute names xD

 

[DoctorGallifrey]

I've only named one.

 

[Lancelot]

Infernape- Natsu
Lopunny- Lucy
Altaria- Lucy
Bisharp- Gajeel
Vaporeon- Juvia
Gardevoir- Mavis
Machamp- Makarov

 

[isebrilia]

I don't name them, except for a few. I can never think of good names ;-;

 

[Captain Crazy Chicken]

In the B2 file that has TF2, I have a Crustle named Pootis, which brings to mind a headcanon that the Heavy named the Crustle that shortly before he ate the Colress thing.

The Colress MCHN broke...

The Heavy ate it, THAT'S why it broke.

 

[crystalchild]

my in-game team are all named after alcohol.

mawile: kalinka
azumarill: blue lagoon
gardevoir: chablis
wigglytuff: morning
altaria: minttu
bellossom: tequila

naming is one of the key elements that make me enjoy the game, not even gonna lie about that. most of what i catch earn whatever goofy silliness that pops up in my head at that moment.

 

[Beardo]

Drag queens.

Or I just name them all Willam

 

[Captain Crazy Chicken]

Um...

THE MEDIC IS A BEER! THE FEM-SCOUT IS A VODKA!

Ok.

 

[Hyoshido]

werp, thread bugged a little so I'm fixing it :U

Maybe I'll go do a TF2 set afterall, heh, Shiny Heatmor would be perfect for "Pyro"

 

[Captain Crazy Chicken]

werp, thread bugged a little so I'm fixing it :U

Maybe I'll go do a TF2 set afterall, heh, Shiny Heatmor would be perfect for "Pyro"

Naah. Heatmor won't cut it. He's an anteater, the Pyro's a burninator. The perfect burninator would be... Um... Uh... A-HA!! Simisear!

 

[Beary]

I named a silcoon Moon.
Then she died.
It was sad.

 

[GrayScreen]

I name my pokemon after god/esses and mythological beings based on their elemental type, which I'm pretty sure makes me a huge nerd...

 

[Captain Crazy Chicken]

I named a silcoon Moon.
Then she died.
It was sad.

Nuzlocke?

 

[Beary]

Nuzlocke?

Yes.

 

[mdchan]

I always nickname my pokes.

I sometimes use themes (mostly in nuzlockes).
My current nuzlocke doesn't really have a theme, but I might change that; I'm trying to follow a "cartoon/anime character" theme for it, but sometimes I get lazy and just input something which has to do with the starting letter of the pokemon's name. Still, I've found that set themes make it more fun.

Two themes I remember running was my theme for X being the "NATO Phonetic Alphabet", and my theme for White was "fruits".

 

[Tao]

I name my Pokemon but I don't really settle for a theme.

I just try and have certain Pokemon in my team with each game and I give them the same names each time. I go as far as to also make sure they're the same gender.
I guess "pointless sentimental value" is a theme here.

- Pidgeot has been in my team since R/B and she's always been called 'Kit' for some reason (I can't remember if there was a reason at all).
- Houndoom has always been in my team since G/S and I've always named her Jazz (again, I'm not sure why, I don't even like Jazz music). When I got my dog two years ago we actually named her after my usual Houndoom.
- Mawile has been in my team since R/S and I name her Talim, as in, Talim from Soul Calibur.
- Luxray has been there since D/P and I call her Gizmo, because Shinx sort of reminded me of an 'original character' named Gizmo I've used for years.


The other 2 slots aren't permanent...I usually cycle between a few Japanese words/names depending on what the Pokemon is and what I think suits it. I guess those two 'random' Pokemon are the only ones who have a theme.
Currently it's a Golduck named 'Sai' and a Meowstick named 'Sakura'.

 

[Captain Crazy Chicken]

Yes.

Speaking of Nuzlockes, I really like Austin Hargrave's run of Alpha Sapphire. Mostly because he's so hilarious around the game.