Pun name needed for large crab buddy

[Stealthscout]

Pretty much the title.

I'm going to have a human-sized construct buddy in a campaign that will mimic a crab. Think a shell-walker from Horizon Zero Dawn but no electrical stuff.

I think others here are more devious than I am so I'm trying to cloud source this intensely non-critical problem.

The Claw? Clicker? (MORS) Moves-Over-Rocks-Sideways?....

[Cygnia]

Newburg (https://blog.thenibble.com/2013/09/25/holiday-national-crab-newburg-day/) :smallbiggrin:

[Pex]

Shelly

Cake

STD

[carrdrivesyou]

Crusty (as in crustacean)
Imitation Crab Meat
Crabby Jones (Davey Jones)
Crab Sparrow

[KorvinStarmast]

Al Askanking
Ala Skanking
Alask Anking

All variations of Alaskan King Crab ...

[stoutstien]

Crushtacean

[Lvl45DM!]

Tank
Can Sir
The Scuttle Shuttle
Kwal. Well not quite Kwal. Kwal ish.

[DwarfFighter]

Sandy Claws.

-DF

[KorvinStarmast]

Sandy Claws.

-DF OK, yah got me. :smallbiggrin:

[Porcupinata]

Dr Zoidberg, maybe?

[Segev]

Crab-bot. Especially if your character's name is not yet chosen, and can be "Costello."

[EggKookoo]

Crab-bot. Especially if your character's name is not yet chosen, and can be "Costello."

Shouldn't that be Ostello?

[Segev]

Shouldn't that be Ostello?

Nicely obscure.

Maybe "Crustello," if you want to be more obvious.

But very well played.

[whateew]

My humour is very low-brow, I love stuff that's [tangentially related adjective] + [standard, slightly bizarre human name]. One of my games, a PCs mastiff, reflavoured to be a Capybara, has been named Stinky Batholomew.

Consider, for your crab, any permutations of:

Sideways Jeffrey
Scuttling Sh
Pinching Nathaniel

Of course, Shelldon and Shelly are there, but it feels too on nose. But Shellton? Fantastic.

[da newt]

Eugene H. Krabs

Tevya (fiddler crab)

Sebastian

Tamatoa

Shark Bait

[CapnWildefyr]

For a rogue, Fiddler the Pinch.
He can have two pet cats, Lemon and Buttercup. You can be an Aaracocra named Gulliver...

Edit:
I forgot Big Blue, Mr. Clicks, The Big Snapper, Shellshock, and Steamer McSnip.

[Nidgit]

Scuttlebutt
Bubbles
Vise President Clawmala Harris

[Pex]

Vincent

Goyle

[Beeftank]

If your friends are generally aware of NFL memes, you could call him Jameis.

If you name him Shaquille/Shakil, he could be nicknamed Crab Shaq.

[GnollPaladin]

Cut.

Cut the crab.

[Frogreaver]

Pretty much the title.

I'm going to have a human-sized construct buddy in a campaign that will mimic a crab. Think a shell-walker from Horizon Zero Dawn but no electrical stuff.

I think others here are more devious than I am so I'm trying to cloud source this intensely non-critical problem.

The Claw? Clicker? (MORS) Moves-Over-Rocks-Sideways?....

Lebron James (for the crab walk)
Crusty (for Crustacean)
Dinner
Cakes

Maybe...
Legs?

I think I've settled on Legs.

[arnin77]

Lenny Crabbitz ?

[Kane0]

Lancelot Alexander Borradaile (or any other notable carcinologist)

[Yspoch]

Edward

.......

[No brains]

You could make some joke based on the crab constellation cancer:

Tumor
Malignant
Polyp (bonus for also being a sea life joke)

Since they're a human-sized pile of cancer, you can name them after the displeasurable media personality of your choice! Heyo!!

[CapnWildefyr]

Scuttlebutt
Bubbles
Vise President Clawmala Harris

Scuttlebutt. Vise President. Heh.

But then you got me thinking, if he or she is an educated crab, go Latin or Greek with the name:

Pytherus Paul(a) Oobis, aka Pytherus P. Oobis.
Too much?

[nickl_2000]

Ragoon, then threaten to make good on it's name when it rolls a 1.

[Vulryn]

The obvious choice: Crabby Paddy.

[Segev]

The obvious choice: Crabby Paddy.

Or just "Patty."

In the same vein: "Appleton."

[TheMango55]

Pinchy da Gooch

[OracularPoet]

Dungeon Sidekick, Dungeon S for short.

[Pex]

Buster

Reference for the young folk:
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0185568/

He's even before my time, but I knew of him.

[MultitudeMan]

Crabby McCrabFace (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boaty_McBoatface)

[Theodoxus]

Dungeon Sidekick, Dungeon S for short.

This made me giggle.


Crabby McCrabFace (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boaty_McBoatface)

I was gonna offer that too.

I think I'd go a different route... call him Monkey or Dog... or maybe something autantonym like Cleave, Clip or Fast which is fitting for a crab...

[cookieface]

For puns: Crusty Shawn

For pop culture reference: Citizen Snips

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/CalculatingEqualCattle-small.gif

[Mercurias]

Lenny Crabbitz ?

I laughed way too hard at this. Very well done.

[poolio]

Leonardo DiPinchy

[Nounverber]

Rusty Shaun

[BoxANT]

Cracken the Crab

[tomandtish]

Scabiblaster.

[cullynthedwarf]

Jerked/jerky

If one of his claws is bigger lefty or right

And of course blue (and why not? It worked in blazing saddles I mean Jurassic world)

[GooeyChewie]

Sebastian - I’m surprised nobody has suggested this one yet!

[Chugger]

Mr. Pinchy
Clawford
Mr. Crabs

If she's a girl crab: Shelly

[Fryy]

Mittens. Its a proper pet name.

[Derpldorf]

I always find the subversion of expectations to be amusing..

Call your crab Fluffykins (or something) and talk about them as if they were a kitten or a puppy. Reactions will be hilarious.

[Squire Doodad]

Captain Bubblebeard. (http://cucumber.gigidigi.com/cq/page-177/) Professional bunny-person thrower.

[Lord Vukodlak]

Krabby or Kingler
(Really no one mentioned Pokémon yet?)
And maybe
Nippy

[Cikomyr2]

Giant Enemy Crab

[Theodoxus]

Mittens. Its a proper pet name.

I thought that was socks...

[Segev]

For a moderately obscure reference: Macra

It's a race of giant crabs from Doctor Who. Only showed up in one episode of the since-2005 series, where they were said to have lost their intelligence somehow. I think they were an intelligent and evil tyrant-species in an old series episode, but I've never seen it.

[Cikomyr2]

For a moderately obscure reference: Macra

It's a race of giant crabs from Doctor Who. Only showed up in one episode of the since-2005 series, where they were said to have lost their intelligence somehow. I think they were an intelligent and evil tyrant-species in an old series episode, but I've never seen it.

Ohhhhhh macra is good