What Do You Name Your Pokemon?, 'Cause I can't find a topic like this already Options

[Crystal Talian]

I was just curious. I always nickname my Pokemon when I play, I like to know what other people name their Pokemon. I also like to know if anyone who plays the games nowadays even bothers (especially people around my age). I couldn't find any topics about this already, so I decided to make my own!

Anyway . . .

Do you name your Pokemon? What do you name them? Why? Any names you really like?

I'll go through a few of my nicknames - I just started some new game files.

I have a charmander named Pepper. I usually name my charmander Firestorm, but this one was a girl so I decided to change things up a bit. I named my chimchar Firestorm instead.

I named my pikachu Jupiter. 'Cause the Roman name for Zeus is Jupiter . . . and he throws lightning bolts!

I totally blanked and ended up calling my mudkip Pisces. Yeah. The fish constellation.

The only other one that comes to mind right now is Artemis, my poochyena. I named it that because it's a dark-type and I associate dark-types with the moon . . . and Artemis is a moon goddess. She's a hunting goddess too, so that works great for poochyena.

[Ichigo]

After my friend showed me Pokemon Vietnamese Crystal (funny as helk btw) and told me how she was naming her pokemon after Professor Layton and Criminal Minds characters (LOL she named one of the Hotch, and now whenever it attacks it says "Hotch Milk!" lol... it's funny if you know Criminal Minds and who Hotch is) I decided to name mine after my favorite fandoms as well.. I like to have the pokemon for a while and THEN nickname it at the name rater though most of the time.

Here's my current ones:
Monferno - Renamed Arthur - Inception
Happiny - Garcia - Criminal Minds
Budew - Renamed Ariadne - Inception (Kinda funny - I ship Arthur&Ariadne, and yet Monferno and Budew are Fire- and Grass-type. Opposites Attract!)
Geodude - Renamed Morgan - Criminal Minds
Ponyta - Prentiss - Criminal Minds

I'm trying to find a good Eric, Neil, Wendy, and Brian, (Mysterious Skin - I have an infatuation with Joseph Gordon-Levitt and his movies) as well as a Cobb, Saito, Eames, Mal, and Yusuf. Any pokemon that makes a good Glee character as well.. lol Fandoms FTW!

[EDIT: Started playing Black.. Named my Purrloin Mal, and my Pansear Yusuf. I don't know why I named my PANSEAR Yusuf.. oh, and I have a new Ariadne: Munna. Just because of the dream aspect of Munna. ]