Furthermore, Monmouth derived many of his character's names from " Culhwch and Olwen "; Sir Kay comes from " Kai "; Sir Bedivere is derived from " Bedwyr "; and lastly Sir Gawain is " Gwalchmei " in Welsh.

The history section was heavily redone and the main non-player character's names are changed, but many of the area descriptions and the adventures remain essentially unchanged.

All of the tenants ' names involve a pun on the character's room number:

When Shaw gave Leopold Jacobson the rights to adapt the play into what became the 1908 operatta The Chocolate Soldier with music by Oscar Straus, he provided three conditions: none of Shaw's dialogue, nor any of his character's names, could be used ; the libretto must be advertised as being a parody of Shaw's work ; and Shaw would accept no monetary compensation.

The slash mark itself (/), when put between character's names, has come to mean a shorthand label for a romantic relationship, regardless of whether the pairing is heterosexual or homosexual, romantic or erotic.

The character's names changed over the course of the series.

( In reality, Sega took a pre-existing game, Final Blow, changed the name, and changed one of the character's names to Douglas ').

This section lists the character's names in languages other than English.

Besides the obvious Americanization of the original Japanese characters ' names, some changes include a change in a character's backstory, new characters and other information that was never seen in both the anime and the manga.

Though the character's real name is John Caravella, Fever occasionally uses other air names, notably including Johnny Cool, Johnny Duke, Johnny Style, Johnny Midnight, Johnny Sunshine, Professor Sunshine, Rip Tide and Heavy Early.

* " baron " nán 男, which is also used outside of its use as a peerage term to indicate male gender in individual names and in classifications such as " men ", as the character's fundamental meaning is " male ".

Various parts were inspired by Hollywood films with character's names, settings and artworks often referencing them.

Moore has said that the character's real name, Walter Kovacs, was inspired by Ditko's tendency to give his characters names beginning with the letter K. In an interview for the BBC's Comics Britannia, Moore stated that Rorschach was created as a way of exploring what an archetypical Batman-type character — a driven, vengeance-fueled vigilante — would be like in the real world.

In mystery fiction, unisex names have been used to tease readers into trying to solve the mystery of a character's gender.

All the character's names from the book were changed, as well as the ending.

It was also revealed in the director's commentary on the DVD that Depp himself came up with the character's first and middle names.

The names of the Brazilian satellites SACI-1 and SACI-2 were backronyms on the character's name, as well as four retrotransposons in the DNA of the fluke Schistosoma mansoni were named Saci-1, Saci-2, Saci-3, and Perere, for their ability to jump around in the parasite's genome

This is quite clear in the naming of the characters ( the names of most Parsian characters comes from ancient Persian legend, such as ' Shahname '), although there is some controversy over how each character's name should be spelled and pronounced.

Also, with the re-releases, many of the character's names were changed to be closer, or incorporate their Original Japanese names.

The translation also features many mistakes in translation and spelling errors, including the academy and character's names being spelled wrong.

The cartoon features a cast of anthropomorphic peas, most of their names describe the character's job or their main trait similar to the Mr. Men, and are plays on words typically " pea " sounding like "- py " such as " Creep-Pea " sounding like " Creepy ".

The character's names in both series are those of the actors, in the fashion of the original show.

When Shaw gave Leopold Jacobson the rights to adapt the play, he provided three conditions: none of Shaw's dialogue, nor any of the character's names, could be used ; the libretto must be advertised as a parody ; and Shaw would accept no monetary compensation.

* When the series was aired on the Philippines via ABS-CBN, it was known as the Promise with most of the main character's names changed with English names, like Zhao Yan Zu ( Han Jae Suk ) is known there as Enrico.

A character's ability scores are purchased during character creation in an auction ; players get 100 character points, and bid on each attribute in turn.

Since they have paid points for the items, they are a part of the character's legend, and cannot lightly be destroyed.

For example, if two characters are wrestling the relevant attribute is Strength ; a character could reveal a weapon, changing it to Warfare ; they could try to overcome the other character's mind using a power, changing it to Psyche ; or they could concentrate their strength on defense, changing it to Endurance.

An eagle will fly in the game near an area where the player has climbed to a high enough structure and there are nearby set pieces into which the player can jump, breaking the character's fall.

Whilst most continuity errors are subtle, such as changes in the level of drink in a character's glass or the length of a cigarette, others can be more noticeable, such as sudden drastic changes in appearance of a character.

In this case the odds of success are influenced by the character's class, levels and ( with the 3rd and later editions ) ability scores.

Hit points ( HP ) are a measure of a character's vitality and health and are determined by the class, level and constitution of each character.

* The Flashman books by George MacDonald Fraser are supposedly edited versions of the title character's memoirs.

Unlike the d20 System and many other game systems, experience awards are in the form of character points, which have the same value as those used in character creation and can be applied directly to the character's abilities upon receipt.

Authors such as Virginia Woolf, D. H. Lawrence, and Joseph Conrad have written works that are Impressionistic in the way that they describe, rather than interpret, the impressions, sensations and emotions that constitute a character's mental life.

" Cugley used the newly-shortened word to describe a development in the comic book Saga of the Swamp Thing, which reinterprets the events of the title character's origin by revealing facts that, up to that point, are not part of the narrative and were not intended by earlier writers.

In this case, the revelation is that the titular character's memories are false and he is not who he thinks he is.

Shadowrun characters are created with contacts, friends and acquaintances who serve as key nodes in the character's social network and who will often help the character out.

Characteristics are written down using the " Universal Personality Profile " code ( or UPP ) which was a series of hexadecimal numbers used as a shorthand way of gauging a character's primary characteristics at a glance, with numbers 0 to 9, and the letters A thru F used for 10 and above ( A = 10, B = 11, C = 12 and so on ).

The target numbers are usually set by the character's relevant skill they are using, plus any situational modifiers.

Apart from combat, most checks are made against a character's attributes and factor in a difficulty level based on the task at hand.

Falwell based this conclusion on the character's purple colour and triangular antenna ; both the colour purple and the triangle are sometimes used as symbols of the Gay Pride movement.

Costumes are often colorful to enhance the character's visual appeal and frequently incorporate the superhero's name and theme.

These films are almost always action-oriented, and the first film of a particular character often includes a focus on the origin of the special powers including the first fight against the character's most famous supervillain archenemy.

The final number is the character's skill bonus, which is the number actually added to the dice when actions are attempted.

( The latter two do not appear in Friday, but are mentioned as two of the title character's genetic progenitors.

The only differences are the title, the character's name, the diction, and the ending.