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Post by steefposton on May 9, 2007 20:24:54 GMT -5
I remember reading a thread about this and one theory was the comic book character thanos. Well, I was sitting in an abnormal psych class yesterday and we were discussing freud and what do I see come up? Thanatos. This is Freud's term for "death instinct." Not knowing Tom personally, but knowing that he's a psych professor, I got to think that would be either a strong influence, or some kind of subconscious freudian slip! Funny how being in a psych class can still bring up CotG! ;D
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Post by swarm on May 9, 2007 21:18:02 GMT -5
You are correct. According to Tom Thantos is derived from the word Thanatos.
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Post by GalactiKing on May 9, 2007 21:50:36 GMT -5
The moment I found out about the word Thanatos i figured where Tom had got the name.
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Post by Trent Lawless on May 10, 2007 9:09:44 GMT -5
Thanatos is also the Greek god of death, right? And Morpheus is the god of sleep, if I remember rightly. The Greek connection alone is enough to link it to Tom.
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Post by Wildfire on May 10, 2007 20:42:14 GMT -5
Morpheus is definately the Greek God of sleep.. .and also the Sandman in the Neil Gaiman series.
There's a Thanatos character in Marvel too, he was a Spidey 2099 villian.
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Post by azfan on May 10, 2007 23:24:13 GMT -5
Every once in a while i come across the name Thanatos, and i think about the connection.
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Post by flyingmonkey on May 10, 2007 23:40:44 GMT -5
That's not the only marvel character who's name fits.
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Post by dbfnq on May 11, 2007 2:34:09 GMT -5
Incidentally, has anyone else spotted the Master Race reference?
There was a Doctor Who episode called the Power of Kroll, and a recurring alien race called the Zygon.
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Post by Knapik on May 11, 2007 5:46:24 GMT -5
A "Powerhouse" is a strong person, which was probably the inspiration for the name of the team of Massif and Earthquake.
"Reptillo" is a play on the word "reptile"
I'll let you guys know if I find any more.
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Post by offspring515 on May 11, 2007 7:36:24 GMT -5
A "Star Warrior" is a warrior of the stars.
This is getting very interesting indeed.
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Post by Mike M on May 11, 2007 10:14:05 GMT -5
Don't forget that "Wolf" is also the name of an animal.....
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Post by Trent Lawless on May 11, 2007 10:50:35 GMT -5
Adam Blast liked to eat a lot of baked beans before going ringside.
Oh, jeez, this could get bad.
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Post by offspring515 on May 11, 2007 11:54:34 GMT -5
Pollux was a thinly veiled shot at people from Poland.
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Post by azfan on May 11, 2007 23:25:36 GMT -5
It's an interesting topic, delving into the names. Interesting, of all the Gladiators, Spike is the only one with a regular name, isn't he?
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Post by Knapik on May 11, 2007 23:54:14 GMT -5
Don't forget that "Wolf" is also the name of an animal..... OMG I don't know how we all missed that. Good find, Mike, "Lightning" is sometimes a nickname for someone who is fast. "Quick as lightning" they say. Lightening is a very agile, quick wrestler. Am I digging too deep here? |
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Post by Knapik on May 11, 2007 23:55:02 GMT -5
It's an interesting topic, delving into the names. Interesting, of all the Gladiators, Spike is the only one with a regular name, isn't he? One of my nieces is named Thakur. |
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Post by lordofthisworld on May 13, 2007 10:53:58 GMT -5
Interesting, one of my nephews is named Tongsoon, and my sister's name is Astro Turk.
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Post by the_faction on May 23, 2007 13:11:26 GMT -5
Cycle Hog is a little redundant isn't it?
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