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Hey everyone, today I wanted to look over the origin, story, or meaning behind the character’s names. All of which begin with a ‘The’ followed by a word or descriptor of what they are or do. The names of the killers were always something I presumed was done by the survivors. Names given to them allowing them to easily identify each, especially as in some cases they wouldn’t know their actual names. So, that’s kind of the angle I’m coming from when discussing these.
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At 10:05, we can see that another definition for Dredge is “bring something unwelcome and forgotten or obscure to people’s attention!”
Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if Mastermind just made that name himself
Survivors when giving killers nicknames: The Wraith, The Plague, The Ghost Face
Players when giving killers nicknames: BingBong, VommyMommy, Stalky boi
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A nit-pick about "The Nurse." A nurse, in a historical sense of the word, doesn't have to be someone who attended what we would perceive as a proper medical education and training. The Nurse works at a hospital (albeit an asylum), wears the uniform, and nurses patients in a literal sense. No doubt she would have picked up actual medical skills on the job, it'd be almost impossible not to. So I'd say the name is more than fitting.
The Spirit/Onryo divide might come from Adam being introduced at the same time, while Sadako later and Yui also being there.
Cheryl would have no idea who Pyramid Head is, she might have seen the picture of him, but that's a reach, neither her or her dad, the Legend Harry Mason, visited the Historical society to see the Misty Day, Remains of Judgement painting. It's apparent that James arrived later because the name of the Executioner stuck, instead of him being The Red Pyramid Thing.
My favorite part is when "The Trapper" said, "it's trapping time", and trapped all the survivors
survivors watching Evan place near traps for the first time
Guys it’s him, the one who places traps…… the trapper….
the dredge is what you get after that cleaning
a huge, sticky pile of trash
in this case, negative emotions, evil and body parts
Actually the entity have hillbilly his name! And it actually was quite the opposite of demeaning for him, in his lore it says he wore it with pride.
I don't care what anyone says. "Hey everyone" always hits different every time.
Almost all of their names are pretty self explanatory but I still wanted to see how you explained this
Hag is 18??? Ok that one really threw me off
11:10 just for the record you're pronouncing the A in manga wrong also the plural of manga is manga, not mangas
For the Dredge, Dredging is when you use a net to get stuff from the ocean surface, and he/ it… dredged up all the dead people in the Garden of Joy when they all killed each other.
Ghost Face was also a self-given name when Danny was writing about his murders for local newspapers. For example: his add-on "Ghost Face Caught On Tape" is named after the headline to an article he wrote about his exploits!
Another reason for the Hillbilly’s name is that there is a trope of “hillbilly horror” that is about wild people living outside of society who take out animalistic impulses on “civilized” people. Despite the fact that the term hillbilly originally refers to people from Appalachia, it has been used to refer to the family from Texas Chainsaw Massacre, the group in The Hills Have Eyes, and many other non Appalachian people.
Laurie refers to Michael as The Shape in Halloween 2018, and Benedict Baker also seems to refer to Myers as such
I thought The Singularity was called so since it’s a space-themed word that also describes how he warps to survivors like as if he travels through a singularity to get to the survivor. I’m pretty sure a singularity is a black hole/wormhole.
Legion's name is also a play on "I am legion, for we are many", the "name" given by a possessed man in Mark 5/Luke 8 (rather it's an evasion, referring to many demons inhabiting one body).
Cenobite makes sense since he launched with a skin for another Cenobite, "the Chatterer". Fingers crossed we get more…