Does look a real hard ass - I wonder how on par he is with other titans

-Edit - Could always call him Rott

Fireheart wrote:

War Dog!

Be Well!
Fireheart

Covered under a copyright.

My favorite suggestion so far has been Shadow Boxer which I think was suggested by Mind-Freeze, please correct me if I’m wrong

War Hound?

Ooh, call him Rabies!
Hey, the goal of a dark suit with animal mask is to scare people, right?
What are criminals more afraid of, bats, dogs, cats, or rabies?
Answer: Rabies.
I'd run from Rabies Man far faster than I ran from Dachshund Man.

But in all seriousness, as someone suggested in another thread, a play on Boxer might be best, because it's both a fighting style and dog.

How about "Te Shepard" for his name? Like you know, the German Shepard, and it also doubles as a name for someone who protects a flock, so it works that way too.

How about Wardog, is that under copyright? or "The Bloodhound"? Could that work? I mean I know "War hound" is copyrighted, but Wardog isn't I don't think...

notears wrote:

wait... I just realized that wardog and bloodhound where suggested multiple times already... imma drown my sorrows in soup...

Facepalm...

How about "Barghest"?

Shadow Boxer and War Hound are coopyrighted comic characters as well.

I’m partial to Molosser and Rough Hound.

Louis Garou wrote:

Okay, but has anybody mentioned Wardog?

Also a copyright issue.

I like Bloodhound, if you wanna get 90's with it!

I noticed that 'Wardog' as a single word was in comics, elsewhere. When I googled 'War Dog' as two words, I found no comics... except something British? I couldn't pin a date on them.

I'm partial to Pitbull, but I see there's been some use of that name.

Be Well!
Fireheart

The Hound, no prefixes like war or hell and the like, just the hound

Good idea. I've got the perfect name for him:

Ser Oberyn Martell

I mean, all the names that don't sound like you're trying too hard HAVE been used--if not copywritten.

He could be named 'Black and Tan', but the guys at the pub might try to drink him.

Be Well!
Fireheart

Midnight Mastiff

Variations of Dogfight, Dogfighter, Pit Hound, or maybe, just maybe, we play an homage to City of Heroes and call him "Scrapper"

Not Scrapper... there's another dog with a similar name that he absolutely cannot be associated with... unless his catchphrase involves puppies and their power.

Blood Mastiff, Bad Mastiff, Bad Wolf (sorry), Dire Wolf, Dread Dingo, Mad Coyote, The Jackal...

Looking good!

Also, in case the question got lost in the string of copyrighted names:

Huckleberry wrote:

Is that flip a jump animation available to player characters?

Lone Wolf
Canine
Watch Dog
Guard Dog
Night Bite (kicking things at night)

Sleepymoth wrote:

Cerberus?

I was thinking the same thing, but there’s no way that can’t already be taken

Do we have a brief character background or personality for the "Rottweiler" super to give us an idea of what might be a good name for him?

Kiyori Anoyui wrote:

Sleepymoth wrote:

Cerberus?

I was thinking the same thing, but there’s no way that can’t already be taken

You could do the other way to say it, Kerberos. There is also Freybug which is basically a very early medieval name for a hellhound. Doesn't sound it tho. I think Canid could also work or Direhound.

Slobber... no really, comes with its own battlecry. "It's slobberin' time!"
Worry... in time, you'll chews this one. "No, worry."
Fetch... "Throw it! Throw it! Throw it! Throw..."

And the Christmas hat works nicely for this time of year.

Mac Hound

Max Hound

Doom Dog

Watch Dog

[img]https://i.imgur.com/XsqSb6u.gif[/img]

"[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veV4EdTb344][b]Hey ... who turned out the lights?[/b][/url]"

Quote:

‘It’s the wild colour scheme that freaks me out,’ said Zaphod, whose love affair with the ship had lasted almost three minutes into the flight. 'Every time you try and operate these weird black controls that are labeled in black on a black background, a little black light lights up in black to let you know you’ve done it.’
- Zaphod Beeblebrox, The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe

I basically [b]can't see a THING[/b] in that gif. I can tell something's moving ... but not what that something is, or even what it looks like! Even zooming that gif up to 300% of normal, all I can see is BLACK costume against BLACK night sky, which makes for some pretty lousy visibility guys.

Shadow Elusive wrote:

This guy was Rottweiler until we realized that name was copyrighted - we haven't officially decided on his new name yet.

With respect to finding an alternative name for this character, I started with the perhaps stereotypical notion of some variant of K9 (or K-9) ... possibly even something like K90 or K99 (or even K98) as an option ... and then went google searching. Predictably enough, most of the results turned up radio stations for things like K90 to K99, which might be problematic.

The next step I took was to just dig through wikipedia on the [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K9]Disambiguation page[/url] for K9, which then led to the article about [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_dog]Police Dogs[/url] in which I found a link to [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_police_dog_breeds]Popular Police Dog Breeds[/url] which contained the Rottweiler in the "all dogs" category ... which then seemed to be a good place/category to start looking for an alternative character name (based on a dog breed) pulling from the same category.

The first type I looked at in the category was the Akita, which I wasn't familiar with and which has its origins in Japan. This didn't feel like it would have any particular "resonance" of character though, so I moved on.

The next breed in the list I clicked on was the [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_Malinois]Belgian Malinois[/url] ... and hoo boy did the article writeup for this breed start sounding almost exactly like what you'd want to base this particular character around, conceptually, if going for a "dog character thematic" concept scheme! I mean, just look at what that wikipedia article contains and ask yourself if the following doesn't scream Superhero Theme to you ...

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The breed is used as a working dog for tasks including detection of odors such as explosives, accelerants (for arson investigation), and narcotics; tracking humans for suspect apprehension in police work; and search and rescue missions. The U.S. Secret Service uses Belgian Malinois to guard the grounds of the White House.

Well-raised and trained Malinois are usually active, intelligent, friendly, protective, alert and hard-working. Belgian Malinois exhibit energy levels that are among the highest of all dog breeds. A typical Malinois will have puppy-like energy until the age of three, though it is not uncommon for them to exhibit this energy level until the age of five. Many have excessively high prey drive. Some may be excessively exuberant or playful, especially when young.
They can be destructive or develop neurotic behaviors if not provided enough stimulation and exercise. This often causes problems for owners who are unfamiliar with the breed and are not prepared to provide the exercise they require or a job for them to do. They are medium-sized, strong dogs that require consistent obedience training, and enjoy being challenged with new tasks. They are known to be very easy to train, due to their high drive for rewards.

Malinois dogs are used by the Oketz, the K-9 unit of the Israel Defense Forces. Malinois are a suitable size to be picked up by their handlers when required, while still being large enough to control human aggressors. Compared to previously used breeds (such as German Shepherds and Rottweilers), the shorter coats and fair and neutral colors of Malinois are better adapted to natural conditions and less prone to induce heatstroke.
United States Navy SEALs used a Belgian Malinois war dog named Karo in Operation Neptune Spear, [b]in which Osama bin Laden was killed[/b].

Malinois can compete in dog agility trials and in flyball, herding, obedience, showmanship, and tracking events, and are one of the most popular breeds used in protection sports such as the Schutzhund. In America, herding is a popular activity.
Herding instincts can be measured at noncompetitive herding tests. In 2011 alone, the AKC awarded 39 new herding titles to Belgian Malinois.

Best of all, a quick google search of the terms "Malinois comic" yields NO HITS that MWM would need be concerned about for copyright purposes/reasons.

So ... I propose renaming this character "Malinois" (pronounced [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3-UfQWJ0jA]Ma.lin.wa[/url]) as being the sort of thing which can be both obscure (I'd unlike names like German Sheppard or Rottweiler or Bloodhound, etc.) but be something that "those in the know" about dog breeds would almost IMMEDIATELY recognize as being something you REALLY don't want to be tangling with. It's also something which, in typical American fashion, would be easy to mispronounce or "read wrong" in order to set up some interesting character points in which the NPC gets to "correct" their opponent and/or in which Foes who don't know the reputation of the breed get ... educated ... about what the breed can do in ways that can range from the humorous all the way up to "Game over, man! It's game over! The Malinois is after us!" levels of fear and terror breaking morale. Kind of like how in the Batman movies, street thugs and purse snatchers are often dismissive of "The Bat" until they're confronted with the reality of The Batman.

And then there's THIS reaction, when Foe NPCs have got a clue ...

[youtube]pMd4S-LkywI[/youtube]

Perfect video DE! I see three votes for Fetch right there, and the opposition is wearing a Fetching hat.

Maybe I should get Amerikatt to help me run a campaign.

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Redlynne wrote:

In 2011 alone, the AKC awarded 39 new herding titles to Belgian Malinois.

Herding! Rolemodel hero behavior. As an added bonus he could hail from Belgium.

Airhead wrote:

Herding! Rolemodel hero behavior.

Round 'em up ... take 'em down.

As Red complained though, it might be nice to see that same animation in a day time setting, to get a better look at what is actually going on

Rigel wrote:

XXxxRottweilerxxXX?

Just kidding :P

You forgot all the periods

X.x.Rott.X.Weiler.x.X

I don't think the problem is that dog names are hard to come up with or that they can't think of enough, it's the exact opposite. Dog names are easy and popular, and so they are already in use.

But everyone seems to be having so much fun free-associating stream-of-consciousness dog names that at this point it's become a forum game--just like it did last time they mentioned it :P.

Barkwing Beagle.

"I am the terror that yowls in the night..."

Most of these are horrible but I'm just free associating...
Leash Law
Choke Chain
(Grim, Dark, Night) Paw
One Bite Justice
Chomper
Lockjaw
T-Bone "Murphy" (or any other name).
Pound of Flesh (horrible pun).
Pound Stalker
Kill Word
Face Ripper
Hydrophobia (symptom of rabies).

Not specific to dogs but might be close in theme:
Night (Dark, Grim etc) Walker
Night Runner
Night Chaser
Night Charger
Night Howler

I kinda like Leash Law.
It sounds like something an inexperienced super might name themselves if they were a do gooder. They might be able to toss in a few "Long arm of the Law" or "I fought the Law and the Law won" puns. The "Leash" hints at the canine nature of the character's background without being a direct dog reference. It could also hint at a mode of apprehension. The police find gang members "leashed" to a light pole, a calling card of Leash Law, Crime Fighter At Large.

How about The Growler, GrimHound of Justice!!

KnightMask wrote:

How about The Growler, GrimHound of Justice!!

Beleive it or not, the Growler is taken.

Friendly neighborhood Canine Crusader

Mr Munches, Ghost dog, The Pug, Mr Poopybutthole

Alright so I actually looked up wolfbat on google, and the most I could find was a non profit webcomic as far as superheroes go, aside from fan drawings of werewolf versions of batman. Maybe Wolfbat could work?