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By:: Andrea Meno

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15 Movie Character Names That Have Clever Hidden Meanings

Truly, language is mankind's greatest artistic medium. It lets you hide plot foreshadowing, clever references, and dick jokes in normal-sounding names.

For example:

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Remus Lupin (from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban) has a name that spells out his secret. Remus (who, along with his brother Romulus, founded — Source: 6 Movie Characters Whose Names Spoiled Huge Plot Twists

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The Usual Suspects' Keyser Soze has a name that, in Turkish, strongly hints at his real identity. Soze is Turkish for talk, say, or remark... which is — Source: 6 Movie Characters Whose Names Spoiled Huge Plot Twists

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The main characters in the 1989 Jean-Claude Van Damme flick cyborg are all named after music instrument companies. There's Van Damme's character, Gibs — Sources: Wikipedia, Wikipedia, Wikipedia, Wikipedia, Wikipedia, Wikipedia

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In The Incredibles, Bob Parr's original costume is blue, and the only color in Helen Parr's (except for black and shades of grey) is red. Their daught

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Full Metal Jacket's private Joker's full name is Davis J.T. The first American casualty of the Vietnam war was a U.S. Army cryptologist named James T. — Source: The National Security Agency

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The first names of the family members in Knives Out are taken from '70s music artists (that way, Rian Johnson had an easier time remembering them). Jo — Source: Film School Rejects

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In Toy Story 4, the names of the neglected toys that Woody ends up with are puns on their voice actor's name. For example, there's Melephant Brooks (M — Source: Entertainment Weekly

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In Face Off, the bad guy's name gave away his death. He's called Castor, and he has a brother named Pollux; just like the brothers Castor and Pollux i — Source: 5 Movies Plots Given Away by the Characters' Names

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In Zootopia, Mayor Lionheart's name isn't just an animal pun. Lionheart was the nickname of King Richard, who got imprisoned (just like the Mayor) and — Source: 6 Movie Characters Whose Names Spoiled Huge Plot Twists

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Lois Einhorn's name in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective was a spoiler. In German, Einhorn means one horn or a horn which kind of implies the twist (that — Source: 6 Movie Characters Whose Names Spoiled Huge Plot Twists

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Ratatouille's Skinner was named after B.F. Skinner, the father of behavioral psychology, who famously tortured rats for his experiments. Gh CRAGKEDCOM — Source: Slashfilm

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In Se7en, John Doe's name gave away his motivation. John Doe is the name for unidentified bodies in a morgue or ER, so it's as close as you can get to — Source: 6 Movie Characters Whose Names Spoiled Huge Plot Twists

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The villain of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is called Koba. That's a nickname Stalin took for himself, so it's a pretty fitting name for a murderous — Source: Wikipedia

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The Matrix's Cypher might as well be called Zero. Cipher or cypher can mean a couple of things, including zero. Pretty fitting for somebody who, — Source: 5 Movies Plots Given Away by the Characters' Names

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