View Poll Results: Who wins the worst code-name contest?

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  • Spoiler

    8 4.71%
  • Batwing

    8 4.71%
  • Orphan

    41 24.12%
  • Signal

    33 19.41%
  • Drake

    76 44.71%
  • Other - specify in comments

    4 2.35%
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mistah K88 View Post
    Drake wouldn't be as bad if that wasn't his actual name... That said, it is miles above Red Robin...yummm
    To be honest it seems like Drake is as bad as Red Robin for how easy it is to make fun of it, if not moreso.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jackalope89 View Post
    He actually took Red Robin from Jason (Jason got the name when he, Donna, and Kyle Rayner were doing that whole multiversal travel thing. Ended up on an Earth where that Jason never came back, but that Bruce ended up killing Joker and teamed up with Jason and...

    You get the idea.
    So basically the very first name Tim gets all to himself is his last name xD

    (Though, to be fair, Nightwing and Red Hood are technically hand-me-downs too)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jadeb View Post
    "Spoiler" sound like her superpower is giving away plot twists.
    This. Or she makes perishable foods go off...I mean, sure, annoying - but not exactly what most people probably want out of a superhero.

    Batwing = Batman's plane, they even made a joke about it in the Bad Blood film
    Signal = The Bat-signal
    Orphan, just isn't a good superhero title
    Drake = surname, and a male duck

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    Drake, Orphan and Signal are all fucking stupid.

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    Drake isn't bad, but it's nothing special, just lazy and on the nose. It's just okay. Same with Orphan. Orphan I think is a dumb name for Cass when Black Bat is preferable. I really like Spoiler so I'm not sure why that's on the list.

    Signal and Batwing are so stupid to me. They just took names from items in the bat mythology and attached them to characters. It's so lazy. Honestly it's a tie for Signal and Batwing.
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    Quote Originally Posted by byrd156 View Post
    Drake isn't bad, but it's nothing special, just lazy and on the nose. It's just okay. Same with Orphan. Orphan I think is a dumb name for Cass when Black Bat is preferable. I really like Spoiler so I'm not sure why that's on the list.

    Signal and Batwing are so stupid to me. They just took names from items in the bat mythology and attached them to characters. It's so lazy. Honestly it's a tie for Signal and Batwing.
    Ya, if I had to pick it would between those two, leaning towards Signal

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    Drake and Signal are the dumbest names on the planet, lol.

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    Drake is more than just a male duck.


    In Middle English, drake means 'dragon,' following the Old English drake, which means 'dragon, sea monster, or huge serpent.' Drake likely relates to t he proto-Germanic drako as well as the Latin draco, both meaning 'dragon.' These tie back to the Ancient Greek word drakon, believed to come from drakein or derkomai, 'I can see clearly.'

    The words dragon and drake separated around the thirteenth century when drake became an archaic Old English word that means dragon. Around this same time, drake indicated a male duck. Perhaps for this reason, the drake is considered to be a small dragon.

    https://www.blackdrago.com/types/drake.htm

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    Quote Originally Posted by CellarDweller View Post
    Drake is more than just a male duck.


    In Middle English, drake means 'dragon,' following the Old English drake, which means 'dragon, sea monster, or huge serpent.' Drake likely relates to t he proto-Germanic drako as well as the Latin draco, both meaning 'dragon.' These tie back to the Ancient Greek word drakon, believed to come from drakein or derkomai, 'I can see clearly.'

    The words dragon and drake separated around the thirteenth century when drake became an archaic Old English word that means dragon. Around this same time, drake indicated a male duck. Perhaps for this reason, the drake is considered to be a small dragon.

    https://www.blackdrago.com/types/drake.htm
    Nice try but he is named after the Duck the most dangerous bird.

    Honestly I don't know why a handful are trying to BS us into thinking he's named after a dragon when the story lays it out. Stop making that argument we know better.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CellarDweller View Post
    Drake is more than just a male duck.
    True, but the context provided was male duck.

    Attachment 86999

    Also the colors of his new costume suggest duck:

    Attachment 87000

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    If he'd said, Drake, like a Dragon - fair enough, but that's not what he said.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bat-Meal View Post
    True, but the context provided was male duck.

    Attachment 86999

    Also the colors of his new costume suggest duck:

    Attachment 87000

    Attachment 87001

    If he'd said, Drake, like a Dragon - fair enough, but that's not what he said.
    He died his hair red too? What book is this craziness coming from?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jadeb View Post
    "Spoiler" sound like her superpower is giving away plot twists.
    Well, I mean, yeah.

    For me, Batwing and Spoiler are some of the worst codenames you could ever give yourself.

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    Signal.

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    Signal would be alright if he wasn’t wearing a giant Bat on his costume making him a living Batsignal.

    Drake is easy to make fun of but actually good.

    Orphan is awful. So there you go.
    It's the Dynamic Duo! Batman and Robin!... and Red Robin and Red Hood and Nightwing and Batwoman and Batgirl and Orphan and Spoiler and Bluebird and Lark and Gotham Girl and Talon and Batwing and Huntress and Azreal and Flamebird and Batcow?

    Since when could just anybody do what we trained to do? It makes it all dumb instead of special. Like it doesn't matter anymore.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Blue22 View Post
    So basically the very first name Tim gets all to himself is his last name xD

    (Though, to be fair, Nightwing and Red Hood are technically hand-me-downs too)
    Jason chose Red Hood to rub it in Joker's nose. Dick took up Nightwing thanks to Clark's stories about the original.

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