Members BoldBeauty Posted February 9, 2009 Members Share Posted February 9, 2009 Well, needless to say there are many cheesy names on soaps. I am wondering more about what names you think soaps overuse to the point that you are fed up with the names, and what names you think are absolutely ridiculous. I hate the name Josie on soaps. I don´t really know why, but I seem to be allergic to it. Also, I think names such as Carly, Emily, Lily, Casey, Nick, John, Rick & Elizabeth (with its nicknames Liz, Lizzie, Beth...) are extremely overused on soaps. Names I think are just plain ridiculous.... Babe! And I just keep thinking Ken-doll when I hear Kendall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members All My Shadows Posted February 9, 2009 Members Share Posted February 9, 2009 There was a thread about this a few months back. I still love this topic, though, because there really have been some screwed up names in soap history...not the least of which is Freddie Zarf Luper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BoldBeauty Posted February 9, 2009 Author Members Share Posted February 9, 2009 Oh bugger, I missed that thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Daphne Posted February 9, 2009 Members Share Posted February 9, 2009 I never liked the name "Greenlee." I always think of spinach or mustard greens. Cheesy names? I think GH takes the cake: Jax Jagger Blackie Decker Lucky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members You're Soaking in it Posted February 9, 2009 Members Share Posted February 9, 2009 "Zach Slater." I mean, who knew that Megan McTavish was a Saved by the Bell fan? Oh, and let's not forget "Spike" for a baby name (which means McT was either a fan of early episodes of Happy Days... or strangely curious about a certain after-hours bar in West Hollywood). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members All My Shadows Posted February 9, 2009 Members Share Posted February 9, 2009 I hate GH's Ric. The absence of the "K" just bugs the crap out of me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Daphne Posted February 9, 2009 Members Share Posted February 9, 2009 You know what else bugs me? The way OLTL's Viki spells her name. Where the hell is the "C?" And for the life of me I have trouble spelling Schuyler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Quent Posted February 9, 2009 Members Share Posted February 9, 2009 The most ridiculous soap names have to be from B&B. Ridge, Brooke, Storm, Thorne...what are these ...names or National Geographic? But the all-time worst soap name was a character from ATWT years ago...Hutch Hutchinson. LOL (p.S. Why isn't Marie Wilson's character on ATWT ever referred to as Meg Ryan?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DavidEvanSmith Posted February 9, 2009 Members Share Posted February 9, 2009 Oh Quent, what about Tea's brother on OLTL in the 90s, Del Delgado?! Ridiculous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted February 9, 2009 Members Share Posted February 9, 2009 Guiding Light's Tangie Hill What an awful name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members All My Shadows Posted February 9, 2009 Members Share Posted February 9, 2009 Schuyler Joplin, as a whole, is an epic fail as a name. It's a surprise the kids didn't laugh him out of the classroom when he introduced himself. I loved AMC's Greenlee's grandparents' names: Woodruff and Millicent Greenlee. How old money can you get? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted February 9, 2009 Members Share Posted February 9, 2009 Yep,we had a similar thread last year,but what the hey! Always fun to revisit...how 'bout.., Laken Lockridge SB Minx Lockridge SB Jinx Avery EON Mignon Sentell SFT Brandy Shelloe GL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members quartermainefan Posted February 9, 2009 Members Share Posted February 9, 2009 I love soap names. A good soap name is one you will never come across in real life. "Palmer Cortlandt". Is there anyone anywhere with such a stuffy name that screams "I am rich!!!" ? I loved the name Delilah Ralston from OLTL. Brandon Kingsley was a name which just screams "effete". Lars Bogarde and Kent Bogarde were cool soap names I thought. And one soap name I will never forget is Senaca. What the heck is a Senaca? These days the characters don't get such cool names. "Carly"...why do soaps choose that? It's so undramatic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members R Sinclair Posted February 9, 2009 Members Share Posted February 9, 2009 I'll never forget 10 years ago when AMC announced they were going to be debuting a new character named GREENLEE SMYTHE! A bunch of us were like, "WTF?! Is this a joke?! What kind of name is that?!" I still despise the name Babe, even though the pig is skewered and roasted, that's one of the most tragic names in AMC history in my opinion. Spike took some getting used to. It's cute -- for now. As long as they don't SORAS him. Also, still talking about AMC, I despise the fact that they keep calling Adam Chandler, III "Little A." I'm not sold on Brot Monroe, either. And a little bit of trivia -- if Reese would've married Simon, she would've been Reese Marshall -- the name of the Pratt/Guza-created character Kari Wurher played on General Hospital opposite Tamara's Carly. Speaking of GH, that show is on my nerves with Morgan Corinthos and Spencer Cassadine. I never liked "Jax" or the last name "Jacks." I'm glad Emily dropped the Bowen from her name. The full name of Emily Bowen-Quatermaine was weird to me. I don't understand how Jax considered "Metro-Court" to be naming it after Courtney. It's a horrid name for a hotel. I won't even address the mess that is "GiGi" on OLTL. Or "Rex" (I had a pet goldfish named Rex in the 4th grade). Plus the name "David Vickers" sounds so nerdy and fake to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AMCHistory Posted February 9, 2009 Members Share Posted February 9, 2009 This isn't so much a soap name as a soap actor's name: Tasia Valenza (ex-Dottie Thornton) In your mind, how would you guess saying that? I thought it was a weird way to spell "Tasha," and that is what I have always called her. Talking to Carmen Paris last week, I realized I was saying it: A) All wrong and Had no idea who she was talking about when she mentioned her name. The proper way to say the name is: TAY-sha, like the end of the word "Fantasia." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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