The Worst Name Game

[zero]

In your opinion, what is the worst name in the Warriors saga?

I'd be interested to see everyone's opinions!

[Nefeli]

LOUDBELLY LOUDBELLY LOUDBELLY. pfft lol. xD

[zero]

Haha, I think it's Billystorm.

[Ten]

Those are both really bad. e.e My vote, though, is for Leafpool. I picture a plant creature wearing water-wings.

[Cloud]

Windflight. Clearly this cat is invisible and can fly.

[littlerock]

Heavystep. Makes the poor thing sound fat.

[zero]

Ooh Windflight is really bad.

[Cloud]

So is Fuzzypelt, Runningbrook, Cloversplash...

Shiningheart, too. Ridiculous.

[zero]

Shiningheart...yow.

There's also Archeye.

[Cloud]

Yep. Archeye, Featherstorm (a bunch of ducks molted and their feathers covered the cat at birth, hence the name)

Other horrible names from Bluestar's Prophecy alone:

Sunfall (a glowing meteor! Or a huge fiery death!)

Goosefeather (Goose- is a fine prefix but -feather isn't a good suffix)

Tawnyspots - an okay name, except this cat is a GRAY TABBY. Although I'm kind of iffy on -spots as a suffix as it is.

Robinwing - Robin- is a fine prefix. -wing is not a good suffix, because Robinwing does not have wings like a robin.

Fuzzypelt - No. Just no.

Windflight - Invisible flying cat!

Featherwhisker - -whisker is fine, but I'm kind of iffy on the prefix Feather-. It's rather vague.

Whitepaw- her name would work except that her description says she's "pale gray." Get it right, people.

Swiftbreeze - Swift- can be an all right prefix as long as it's used to describe a cat who's black and white, like a swift. Swiftbreeze is brown tabby and white. Also, -breeze? A cat can't have breezes. A breezy personality maybe, but I'm sure the Erins chose it because it sounded "pretty."

Moonflower - Same problems as Sun-, the moon is way too important in the cats' lives for any kit to be so honored to be named after it.

Poppydawn - Poppy- isn't a very viable prefix because poppies are bright red, and I suppose it could be used for ginger or "dark red" she-cats like her, but eh. I'm kind of averse to naming cats after flowers just because flowers can be so many different colors and not all of them realistic cat colors. -dawn is just no. Dawn- is fine as a prefix, but as a suffix it sounds weird. A cat can't have a dawn.

Weedwhisker - Most weeds are green for the most part, or their stems and leaves are. This cat is "pale orange." Also, how would the Clans know what weeds were? They don't cultivate plants, they just pick them, and a weed by definition is a plant that's growing where it's not supposed to.

Mumblefoot - This name is hilarious. How can a cat look like a mumble? Sound waves aren't visible, and naming a cat after a mouth movement is equally silly. The name implies that he has feet that can talk. Also, it says he's solid brown, which is impossible unless the cat is a purebred. Sometimes they can look solid brown, but there's always some faint stripes.

Larksong- Lark- is fine as a prefix, but -song is dumb. Songs aren't visible, and the cats don't have that neat software that makes those colorful images while CDs are playing. Also, there are a bunch of kinds of songs, and the only songs the cats really know are birdsongs.

Raggedpelt- His bio in COTC says his fur was "ragged and patchy from fighting as a kit." Firstly, that would have happened after he was born, and kits get named at birth. Secondly, why would it even be necessary for him to be renamed over that, if it were even possible? Sure, kits fight, but their fur doesn't become "ragged and patchy" because of it unless they have mange. Also, it's silly. Who wants to be named after their fur condition?

Crowtail - fine name, but the description says "black tabby she-cat." If anyone can explain this to me I will tell you where the treasure is hidden.

Featherstorm - like I said, ducks must've molted on her at birth.

Poolcloud - firstly, Pool- is a silly prefix and suffix alike. Cats can't look like or use pools. And -cloud, too. Cats CAN look like clouds, but if they do, it'd be their prefix. And -cloud is supposed to imply softness, which is not the kind of thing warriors are named for.

Littlebird - Little- is fine, -bird is not. Firstly, it's too vague. There are a bajillion different types of birds the Clan lives around and eats. Also, it doesn't say anything about the cat, except that they have feathers, a beak, and can fly, and I doubt all of those things.

Heatherstar - Heather- is an iffy suffix as is, but the description says "pinkish-gray she-cat". I don't think I need to explain that one.

Reedfeather - Reed- is fine. I've described why -feather is bad. And feathery reeds is a weird image.

Whiteberry- -berry is not a good suffix. It implies that the cat has white berries, which would mean he's a mutated bio-experiment that escaped from a lab. I doubt this.

Shellheart - Shell- is too vague of a prefix, just like Feather-.

Brambleberry - Bramble- is a fine suffix for a brown cat, but this cat is black and white. And again with -berry.

Rippleclaw - Ripple-? Really? I didn't know cats could look like disturbances on water.

Ottersplash - It's been debated that -splash is a legitimate suffix because it refers to how two colors look a warrior's pelt, but this cat is ginger and white and otters are brown. Ottersplash, were it to work, would mean that the cat has brown-colored splashes of fur on their body, which is possible, but only if the cat were white with brown splashes.

Lilystem - Lilies can be loads of different colors, most of them not cat colors. And -stem is just silly. Why yes, of course this cat is a fibrous plant membrane.