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Every time an adventurer puts a [[:Category:Familiar Hatchlings|familiar hatchling]] into his or her [[Familiar-Gro™ Terrarium (Campground)|Familiar-Gro™ Terrarium]], and it becomes their very own [[:Category:Familiars|familiar]], it is given a default name. The game tells you the selected default name by displaying the following message:
Every time an adventurer puts a [[:Category:Familiar Hatchlings|familiar hatchling]] into his or her [[Familiar-Gro™ Terrarium (Campground)|Familiar-Gro™ Terrarium]], and it becomes their very own [[:Category:Familiars|familiar]], it is given a default name. The game tells you the selected default name by displaying the following message:
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*Male suffixes (most familiars)
*Male suffixes (most familiars)
**bastian, bediah, bert, ddeus, derick, dolph, fferson, fflesby, garth, ginald, llace, lliam, nald, nathan, ncent, nderson, njamin, nklin, raham, sevelt, tchell
**bastian, bediah, bert, ddeus, derick, dolph, fferson, fflesby, garth, ginald, llace, lliam, nald, nathan, ncent, nderson, njamin, nklin, raham, sevelt, tchell
*Female suffixes (all the gravy fairies, [[Black Cat]], [[Cheshire Bat]], [[Coffee Pixie]], [[Comma Chameleon]], [[Feather Boa Constrictor]], [[Grouper Groupie]], [[Happy Medium]], [[Hippo Ballerina]], [[Jill-O-Lantern]], [[Jitterbug]], [[Sugar Fruit Fairy]], [[Uniclops]])
*Female suffixes (all the gravy fairies, [[Black Cat]], [[Cheshire Bat]], [[Coffee Pixie]], [[Comma Chameleon]], [[Feather Boa Constrictor]], [[Grouper Groupie]], [[Happy Medium]], [[Hippo Ballerina]], [[Jill-of-All-Trades]], [[Jill-O-Lantern]], [[Jitterbug]], [[Piranha Plant]], [[Sugar Fruit Fairy]], [[Uniclops]])
**berta, brina, chelle, gdalena, landa, linda, ndrea, nnifer, phelia, redith, rgaret, rgarita, rlotte, ronica, sabella, sadora, xanne
**berta, brina, chelle, gdalena, landa, linda, ndrea, nnifer, phelia, redith, rgaret, rgarita, rlotte, ronica, sabella, sadora, semary, xanne


==Special Familiar Names==
==Special Familiar Names==
A number of familiars do not use the default name generator, instead using their own name custom generators. Additionally, some have restrictions on what you can call them.
A number of familiars do not use the default name generator, instead using their own name custom generators.
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{| border="1px" cellpadding="4px" cellspacing="0" style="margin:1em;
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|[[Adorable Space Buddy]]||A random string consisting of the letters C, T, H, U, L, and apostrophes.
!Familiar||Name Formula||Example Name (reload page for more)
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|[[Artistic Goth Kid]]||Nickname + 'Goth Name' + Compound Last Name of two gothy items, e.g. [[Template:GothKidName|{{GothKidName}}]].
|[[Adorable Space Buddy]]||A random string consisting of the letters C, T, H, U, L, and apostrophes.||[[Template:ASBName|{{ASBName}}]]
|-
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|[[Baby Bugged Bugbear]]||Always starts as '''snɔɐʇɹɐdS'''.
|[[Adventurous Spelunker]]||State + Last Name (eg. Indiana Jones)||[[Template:AdventurousSpelunkerName|{{AdventurousSpelunkerName}}]]
|-
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|[[Blood-Faced Volleyball]]||Cannot be named '''Wilson''', in order to spur creativity. '''Voit''' and '''Spaulding''', however, are allowed as names.
|[[Antique Nutcracker]]||Male name||[[Template:AntiqueNutcrackerName|{{AntiqueNutcrackerName}}]]
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|[[Artistic Goth Kid]]||Nickname + 'Goth Name' + Compound Last Name of two gothy items||[[Template:GothKidName|{{GothKidName}}]].
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|[[Baby Bugged Bugbear]]||'''snɔɐʇɹɐdS'''.||'''snɔɐʇɹɐdS'''
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|[[BRICKO chick]]||Random four-digit number||[[Template:BRICKOnum|{{BRICKOnum}}]]
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|[[Burly Bodyguard]]||Either '''Betty''' or '''Kevin Costner'''||[[Template:BurlyBodyguardName|{{BurlyBodyguardName}}]]
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|[[Cat Burglar]]||Burgling-related adjective + Cat breed||[[Template:CatBurglarName|{{CatBurglarName}}]]
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|[[Chocolate Lab]]||Stereotypical dog name + candy brand name||[[Template:ChocolateLabName|{{ChocolateLabName}}]]
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|[[Clockwork Grapefruit]]||'''6655321'''||'''6655321'''
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|[[Cookbookbat]]||Type of cook + zero or more ancients + book/b\at/beetle||
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|[[Doll Moll]]||Female first name + (Irish? / gangster?) last name||"Miley O'Dean"
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|[[Fancypants Scarecrow]]||Format first name + either a hyphenated last name or longer last name + optional Roman numeral||[[Template:FancypantsScarecrowName|{{FancypantsScarecrowName}}]]
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|[[Flaming Face]]||Pairing of a heat-related attribute and a name||[[Template:HotWord|{{HotWord}}]] [[Template:HoboFirstName|{{HoboFirstName}}]]
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|[[Galloping Grill]]||Female Name + Occupation||[[Template:GallopingGrillName|{{GallopingGrillName}}]]
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|[[Garbage Fire]]||Burning adjective + Last Name of a Republican US Senator||[[Template:GarbageFireName|{{GarbageFireName}}]]
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|[[Gelatinous Cubeling]]||Squishy-sounding name||[[Template:GelatinouscubelingName|{{GelatinouscubelingName}}]]
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|[[God Lobster]]||Compound of two "click"-like sounds||[[Template:GodLobsterName|{{GodLobsterName}}]]
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|[[Golden Monkey]]||Adjective ending with "ous" + Incan deity||[[Template:GoldenMonkeyName|{{GoldenMonkeyName}}]]
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|[[Grey Goose]]||"Nanite Configuration" + random seven-digit number||[[Template:GooseNum|{{GooseNum}}]]
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|[[Grim Brother]]||German First Name + Von (sometimes) + German Last Name or German Concept||[[Template:GrimBrotherName|{{GrimBrotherName}}]]
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|[[Grimstone Golem]]||Mineral + Grim adjective or Grim adjective + Mineral||[[Template:GrimstoneGolemName|{{GrimstoneGolemName}}]]
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|[[Helix Fossil]]||10 characters, with repetition following specific formats||[[Template:helixfossilname|{{helixfossilname}}]]
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|[[Hobo in Sheep's Clothing]]|| ||
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|[[Homemade Robot]]||"<ADJECTIVE>bot N000"||[[Template:BotName|{{BotName}}]]
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|[[Mechanical Songbird]]||Three sound effects, separated by hyphens||[[Template:MechanicalSongbirdName|{{MechanicalSongbirdName}}]]
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|[[Mini-Adventurer]]||"Little <PlayerName>"||"Little <PlayerName>"
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|[[Mini-Crimbot]]||Crimbo-y word + Bot, Droid or Unit, prefixed or suffixed by some roboty set of letters and numbers||[[Template:MiniCrimbotName|{{MiniCrimbotName}}]]
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|[[Mini-Hipster]]||Randomly Hobo first name||[[Template:HoboFirstName|{{HoboFirstName}}]]
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|[[Mini-Trainbot]]||Crimbo word + train word + numbers||[[Template:MiniTrainbotName|{{MiniTrainbotName}}]]
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|[[Miniature Sword & Martini Guy]]||Old + Random Hobo first name|| Old [[Template:HoboFirstName|{{HoboFirstName}}]]
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|[[Mini Kiwi]]|| |||
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|[[Nosy Nose]]||Adjective + Nose Synonym||[[Template:NosyNoseName|{{NosyNoseName}}]]
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|[[Optimistic Candle]]||Burning adjective + "D" name||[[Template:OptimisticCandleName|{{OptimisticCandleName}}]]
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|[[BRICKO chick]]||Random four-digit number., e.g. [[BRICKOnum|{{BRICKOnum}}]]
|[[Party Mouse]]||Partying adjective + Male First Name||[[Template:PartyMouseName|{{PartyMouseName}}]]
|-
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|[[Clockwork Grapefruit]]||Always starts as '''6655321'''.
|[[Pet Anchor]]||Big/Heavy/Hefty/Large/Ponderous +  First Name||[[Template:PetAnchorName|{{PetAnchorName}}]]
|-
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|[[Exotic Parrot]]||Cannot be named '''Polly'''. If you try to do so, it will be named '''Unoriginality''' instead.
|[[Plastic Pirate Skull]]||'''Red Roger'''||'''Red Roger'''
|-
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|[[Fancypants Scarecrow]]||Format first name + either a hyphenated last name or longer last name + optional Roman numeral, e.g. [[Template:FancypantsScarecrowName|{{FancypantsScarecrowName}}]]
|[[Puck Man]] and [[Ms. Puck Man]]||Three capital letters, as in an arcade's high score screen||[[Template:PuckManName|{{PuckManName}}]]
|-
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|[[Flaming Face]]||Pairing of a heat-related attribute and a name, e.g. [[Template:HotWord|{{HotWord}}]] [[Template:HoboFirstName|{{HoboFirstName}}]]
|[[Quantum Entangler]]||One of "Craig", "Helmholtz", "Lenard", "Mayer", or "Plank"||[[Template:QuantumEntanglerName|{{QuantumEntanglerName}}]]
|-
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|[[Galloping Grill]]||(Needs spading)
|[[Reagnimated Gnome]]||Random First Name + "enstein"||[[Template:ReagnimatedGnomeName|{{ReagnimatedGnomeName}}]]
|-
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|[[Gelatinous Cubeling]]||Squishy-sounding name, such as '''Shluuuuurk''' or '''Squuuulp'''
|[[Robortender]]||Robo' + O-lastname||[[Template:RobortenderName|{{RobortenderName}}]]
|-
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|[[Grim Brother]]||German First Name + Von (sometimes) + German Last Name or German Concept, e.g. (Needs Familiar Name Generator)
|[[Rockin' Robin]]||Boppin'/Dancin'/Rockin'/Tweetin' + Random Girl First Name|| [[Template:RockinRobinName|{{RockinRobinName}}]]
|-
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|[[Grimstone Golem]]||Mineral + Grim adjective, e.g. [[Template:GrimstoneGolemName|{{GrimstoneGolemName}}]]
|[[Shame Spiral]]||a shameful adjective + a euphemism for penis|| [[Template:ShameSpiralName|{{ShameSpiralName}}]]
|-
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|[[Helix Fossil]]||(Needs spading)
|[[Software Bug]]||two-word error message+" in line "+number||[[Template:SoftwareBugName|{{SoftwareBugName}}]]
|-
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|[[Homemade Robot]]||"<ADJECTIVE>bot N000", e.g, [[Template:BotName|{{BotName}}]]
|[[Sludgepuppy]]||Dog name||[[Template:SludgepuppyName|{{SludgepuppyName}}]]
|-
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|[[Mechanical Songbird]]||(Needs spading)
|[[Smiling Rat]]|| ||
|-
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|[[Mini-Adventurer]]||"Little <PlayerName>".
|[[Squamous Gibberer]]||Follows the default naming system, but always begins with '''Cth-'''||Cth{{familiar name|cap=n}}
|-
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|[[Mini-Hipster]]||Randomly Hobo first name, e.g. [[Template:HoboFirstName|{{HoboFirstName}}]].
|[[Steam-Powered Cheerleader]]||Has a small number of female names||[[Template:CheerleaderName|{{CheerleaderName}}]]
|-
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|[[Nosy Nose]]||Adjective + Nose Synonym, e.g., [[Template:NosyNoseName|{{NosyNoseName}}]]
|[[Tickle-Me Emilio (familiar)|Tickle-Me Emilio]]||'''Emilio'''||'''Emilio'''
|-
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|[[Reagnimated Gnome]]||Random First Name + "enstein", e.g. [[Template:ReagnimatedGnomeName|{{ReagnimatedGnomeName}}]]
|[[Twitching Space Critter]]||A compound "alien" word||{{alien_word|cap=y}}{{alien_word2}}
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|[[Ragamuffin Imp]]||Cannot be named the word that is used to summon it. Instead, it will be named '''Spoiler'''.
|[[Vampire Vintner]]||French/Romanian Name + French/Romanian Name||[[Template:VampireVintnerName|{{VampireVintnerName}}]]
|-
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|[[Squamous Gibberer]]||Follows the default naming system, but always begins with '''Cth-'''.
|[[Yule Hound]]||Crimbo-related word + Popular dog name||[[Template:YuleHoundName|{{YuleHoundName}}]]
|}
 
Additionally, some familiars have restrictions on what you can call them.
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|[[Steam-Powered Cheerleader]]||Has a small number of female names, e.g. "{{CheerleaderName}}".
|[[Blood-Faced Volleyball]]||Cannot be named '''Wilson''', in order to spur creativity. '''Voit''' and '''Spaulding''', however, are allowed as names.
|-
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|[[Tickle-Me Emilio (familiar)|Tickle-Me Emilio]]||Always starts as '''Emilio'''.
|[[Exotic Parrot]]||Cannot be named '''Polly'''. If you try to do so, it will be named '''Unoriginality''' instead.
|-
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|[[Twitching Space Critter]]||(Needs spading)
|[[Ragamuffin Imp]]||Cannot be named the word that is used to summon it. Instead, it will be named '''Spoiler'''.
|}
|}


Latest revision as of 06:36, 19 May 2025

Every time an adventurer puts a familiar hatchling into his or her Familiar-Gro™ Terrarium, and it becomes their very own familiar, it is given a default name. The game tells you the selected default name by displaying the following message:

You decide to name <him> <familiar name>.

The familiar's name will appear in its action messages; for example, this message could appear during a battle:

Gobert attempts to hit <him>, but misses.
In this case, the <familiar name> is Gobert.

Of course, an adventurer can rename his or her familiar to whatever name they want to by clicking Manage Familiar Names, which is located on the Manage your Familiar page.

Default Familiar Names

Most new familiar names are put together randomly with the help of the following recipe. Male familiars use one set of suffixes, female familiar another.

B
Fr
G
Gr
H
St
T
Tr
W 		a
o
u 		male suffix
or
female suffix
generic familiar name

Special Familiar Names

A number of familiars do not use the default name generator, instead using their own name custom generators.

Familiar Name Formula Example Name (reload page for more)
Adorable Space Buddy A random string consisting of the letters C, T, H, U, L, and apostrophes. Tuh'htc'cuc
Adventurous Spelunker State + Last Name (eg. Indiana Jones) Michigan Allison
Antique Nutcracker Male name Bartholomew
Artistic Goth Kid Nickname + 'Goth Name' + Compound Last Name of two gothy items Mickey "Draco" Drakemist.
Baby Bugged Bugbear snɔɐʇɹɐdS. snɔɐʇɹɐdS
BRICKO chick Random four-digit number 7616
Burly Bodyguard Either Betty or Kevin Costner Kevin Costner
Cat Burglar Burgling-related adjective + Cat breed Pilferin' LaPerm
Chocolate Lab Stereotypical dog name + candy brand name Rex Wonka
Clockwork Grapefruit 6655321 6655321
Cookbookbat Type of cook + zero or more ancients + book/b\at/beetle
Doll Moll Female first name + (Irish? / gangster?) last name "Miley O'Dean"
Fancypants Scarecrow Format first name + either a hyphenated last name or longer last name + optional Roman numeral Arthur Kensington  
Flaming Face Pairing of a heat-related attribute and a name Hot Hot Opie
Galloping Grill Female Name + Occupation Amelia Waitress
Garbage Fire Burning adjective + Last Name of a Republican US Senator Flaming Risch
Gelatinous Cubeling Squishy-sounding name Sluuuurp
God Lobster Compound of two "click"-like sounds ClicackClack
Golden Monkey Adjective ending with "ous" + Incan deity Obstreperous Catequil
Grey Goose "Nanite Configuration" + random seven-digit number Nanite Configuration 4585889
Grim Brother German First Name + Von (sometimes) + German Last Name or German Concept Poldi Von Feinschmecker
Grimstone Golem Mineral + Grim adjective or Grim adjective + Mineral Moody Opal
Helix Fossil 10 characters, with repetition following specific formats !!OOOnnnEj
Hobo in Sheep's Clothing
Homemade Robot "<ADJECTIVE>bot N000" Cutiebot 4000
Mechanical Songbird Three sound effects, separated by hyphens Whir-Flutter-Chirp
Mini-Adventurer "Little <PlayerName>" "Little <PlayerName>"
Mini-Crimbot Crimbo-y word + Bot, Droid or Unit, prefixed or suffixed by some roboty set of letters and numbers Chimney Bot K63
Mini-Hipster Randomly Hobo first name Opie
Mini-Trainbot Crimbo word + train word + numbers CHEER-ENGINE-32
Miniature Sword & Martini Guy Old + Random Hobo first name Old Opie
Mini Kiwi
Nosy Nose Adjective + Nose Synonym Tiny Snout
Optimistic Candle Burning adjective + "D" name Shining Dan
Party Mouse Partying adjective + Male First Name Boozelord Jeffy
Pet Anchor Big/Heavy/Hefty/Large/Ponderous + First Name Big Patrik
Plastic Pirate Skull Red Roger Red Roger
Puck Man and Ms. Puck Man Three capital letters, as in an arcade's high score screen KXN
Quantum Entangler One of "Craig", "Helmholtz", "Lenard", "Mayer", or "Plank" Mayer
Reagnimated Gnome Random First Name + "enstein" Gusenstein
Robortender Robo' + O-lastname Robo'Rourke
Rockin' Robin Boppin'/Dancin'/Rockin'/Tweetin' + Random Girl First Name Dancin' Allie
Shame Spiral a shameful adjective + a euphemism for penis Awkward Johnson
Software Bug two-word error message+" in line "+number unrecognized var in line 968
Sludgepuppy Dog name Bowser
Smiling Rat
Squamous Gibberer Follows the default naming system, but always begins with Cth- Cthwonjamin
Steam-Powered Cheerleader Has a small number of female names Brandi
Tickle-Me Emilio Emilio Emilio
Twitching Space Critter A compound "alien" word Glipjeert
Vampire Vintner French/Romanian Name + French/Romanian Name Lucifer Philippe
Yule Hound Crimbo-related word + Popular dog name Crimbo Gizmo

Additionally, some familiars have restrictions on what you can call them.

Blood-Faced Volleyball Cannot be named Wilson, in order to spur creativity. Voit and Spaulding, however, are allowed as names.
Exotic Parrot Cannot be named Polly. If you try to do so, it will be named Unoriginality instead.
Ragamuffin Imp Cannot be named the word that is used to summon it. Instead, it will be named Spoiler.

Notes

  • During Bad Moon, if an adventurer places a familiar that he or she had obtained in a previous ascension into his or her terrarium, then the following message will appear:
    As you place the <hatchling> in your Familiar-Gro™ Terrarium, you feel a brief sense of deja-vu. You decide to name this familiar <previous familiar name>.
  • If you go to your Manage Your Familiar page and leave your active familiar's name field blank, then the familiar is renamed using the default naming system for that familiar.
    • This does not work from the Manage Familiar Names page; leaving a name blank there results in the default name of No Name McGee.
  • Trying to name a familiar with ten or more of the same character or digit gives the following error message:
I reckon you tried too many repeating characters, mmhmm.
  • Attempting to give your familiar a choice or swear word as its name will cause it to be named [profanity] instead.
  • Placing brackets ([ ] or { }) in a familiar name will cause the brackets to show up everywhere (in your side frame, terrarium, character sheet, etc.), except during combat. If you are engaged in combat, the familiar's name will be displayed without the brackets (for example, [x] or {x} would show up as just x during combat). If you only place brackets in a familiar name, then the name will be displayed as a blank spot during combat.
  • Some accented characters can be used in familiar names. However, familiar names must be in ISO-8859-1. Attempting to use names in other charsets (many web browsers use UTF-8) will result in the bits being interpreted as if they were in ISO-8859-1, thus leading to buggy results.
    • As a deliberate joke, the default name for the Baby Bugged Bugbear is not in ISO-8859-1, and it will be corrupted if you use the Manage Familiar Names page.

History

  • Prior to the trivial update on August 1st, 2009, no message about what familiar name was chosen would appear when you used a hatchling.
  • Prior to the trivial update on June 6th, 2014, leaving the name field blank would result in No Name McGee. Also prior to this update, including a < character would result in the above, and any & characters were replaced with n.
  • Prior to the trivial update on August 4th, 2014, default familiar names had a simpler generator.

References

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