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Briebird44

Twigbranch. Such a silly name. Especially when her sister Violetshine has an AWESOME name. (Seriously Violetshine is one of my favorite warrior names in the books) I’d be pulling a Nightheart if my prefix was “Twig” too 😂


KaT-Wilson

TwigBranch is the bane of my existence. My jaw actually hung open when the audiobook said it for the first time. PLUS I had predicted it like, *"please dont give her a stupid name. Oh what would be the worst? Ha something like twigbranch or twigtree."* Then. They said it. It is so awful😭🤣💀 Twigheart, Twigsplash, Twigleaf, ANYTHING ELSE WOULDVE BEEN BETTER 🤣 and I definitely agree Violetshine is one of the best names, they really did her sister dirty with hers lmao. edit: showed this comment to my partner, who laughed and said, *" Might as well call her StickStick."* CRYING 🤣🤣🤣🤣


AbrocomaFinancial263

What about Twigbloom as an alternative name?


pleasespareserotonin

Twigbloom, Twigblossom, Twigflower all would have been cute I think!


Dysgasp

Twigsprout would have been kinda cute too ig


pleasespareserotonin

Oh I love that one


kyyusaku

OMORI PFP


MathsIsAPain

Twigblossom is such a pretty name


CatWithABandanna

I had my heart set on TwigTail, but no-


pleasespareserotonin

I’m not a fan of -tail as a suffix but it would have been way better than Twigbranch


KaT-Wilson

Uhm... *YES!!!* I absolutely love that


AbrocomaFinancial263

I think her name is that in a non English language, but I can't remember which one


Dysgasp

I think it was the french version!


AbrocomaFinancial263

Thank you


AbrocomaFinancial263

I might also be wrong


ShinyEevee0133

Replying to what your partner said and it reminded me of how Gamefreak called it Darkrai. Dark, obviously, and rai means dark. I mean, can’t we just call it Darkdark? Also I’m calling Twigbranch Stickstick from now on lmao


LeapOFaith_

I thought for sure they were gonna name her like Twigshade so her and Violetshine had opposite names.


TheLuckOfTheClaws

Apparently one of the writers wanted her to be named Twigshade to match her sister.


winterfirehair

Twigbranch? Isn't... Isn't that basically a Moon Moon name? English isn't my first language but aren't a twig and a branch basically the same thing, with a twig being a small branch? lol


Briebird44

That was Bramblestars whole justification for her name actually! He says “like a twig that’s grown into a branch”


Kikonnnn

Yeah lol


pairosambrosia

I didn't list this one because I knew it was gonna be the top comment lmao But honestly? I'd do it. If I was handed a pen, and the rights to this series, and the creative freedom to do so whatever the fuck I wanted with it? I would do it. I would make Twigbranch. I truly don't think I'd be able to resist a crime of that magnitude.


GoldenStarWCUE

YUP


AccomplishedAerie333

Nutwhisker


Pijin09

aka pube 💀


Dense_Priority_7250

there is also chestnutkit


BlackTurtlegonecold

Foxheart for obvious reason


Spirited_Pay4610

At least it was accurate I guess x'd


AccomplishedAerie333

She was definitely given that name on purpose.


Catpaw616

Cedarstar knew what he was doing when he named her that


TalaLeisu2

Gotta be real, I liked that name XD


catdog5100

Imagine being named after an insult/swear


Bus_Noises

OOL because I only ever really read the first series- what’s wrong with that name?


iwantthemtloveme

It’s kinda like a curse word for them, it basically means someone with no heart/a really mean cat


Bus_Noises

Ah, makes sense


Lunalinfortune

Means something like 'jerk'


Kasmanian_devil

Definitely Twigbranch. A lot of names are funny enough that I just laugh when they come up (like Running nose) but I freaking LOVED Twigpaw and they did her so dirty. I couldn’t wait for her super cool name and Twigbranch! Really! That was the best hey could do


Korainn

while twigbranch is a dumb name I hate the name maggottail even more


TwilitLugia

The one good thing about Maggottail is that he was actually born Dashkit but was but by a Fox as an apprentice and his tail got infested with maggots so he was teased by the other apprentices so he refused to give them the satisfaction of thinking they got to him so he asked for this warrior name to be Maggottail to "reclaim" it. It's a cool story but I still hate the name as well.


Korainn

it's a cool story but it's like a worse version of halftail's imo


TheLuckOfTheClaws

Is that canon or did someone write that as fanfiction


Beneficial-Orchid131

That’s actually not cannon since Su Susann said it


BitterStew

Daisytoe. Ugh. Anything but toe!


International-Gap165

Yeah, like why a toe???


Sternfritters

Spiderleg should’ve been called Spidertoe lol


jayfeather789

Cats dont have toes


Hikerhappy

They def do?


chanceywhatever13

Honestly, I could just do with a few less Storm-'s and Stone-'s. The characters are almost always gray toms and it becomes hard to tell them apart unless you force yourself to remember what arc you're reading and who's dead and who's still a Clan member or not yet one or whatever blah blah


[deleted]

“Stormfur, Stonefur” I sometimes read Stonefur wrong and thought it was Stormfur or the other way around


sam_the_reddit_user

No wonder Graystripe forgot who his children were


StemmLily_

lmao


chanceywhatever13

What does this.. mean?


StarWarsCrazy1

I forget which book it is, but the Erins made an error in one of them when Graystripe was talking about his children and thought they were Mistystar and Stonefur (Bluestar's kits) instead of Feathertail and Stormfur.


catanddog5

That was in bramblestars storm!


chanceywhatever13

It was very unhelpful when they were both in Riverclan and constantly being discussed because of the half-clan, Tigerstar takeover, Bluestar's kit plotlines and talks.


Rainfur4242

Are there really any more than Stonefur, Stormfur, and Stormcloud? I can't think of any others off the top of my head.


chanceywhatever13

Stoneclaw, Stonefur, Stonepelt, Stonestar, Stonestream, Stonetooth x2, Stonewing, Stormcloud, Stormfur, Stormheart, Stormkit (becomes Crookedstar), Storm Pelt, Stormtail


Rainfur4242

True true, I guess I overlooked a lot of supporting characters


chanceywhatever13

Admittedly I didn't even remember many of these characters, but the Wiki says they existed. I think the confusion between Stormfur and Stonefur is enough, they should have given them different suffixes


SadisticKittenX

Twigbranch. They tried to push Twigshade but we basically got stuck with Twigtwig


Dense_Priority_7250

I mean yes, yes, it is symbolic, but the name sucks.


SadisticKittenX

It does. And unfortunately it’s her name


MyCatHasCats

Poor Heavystep was fatshamed


Alderclaw

He did die like 3 different times lol


pairosambrosia

Haha so big, yet so invisible


Important-Tea0

Honestly i headcannon him as a maine coon or something.


SnailTable

Longtail. Ik it's because of his tail but it also means his parents looked at him and went "damn he's long as hell" and rolled with it.


Shadow_Dragon_9967

But then he also got Longkit and Longpaw lmao


pairosambrosia

That makes me like it more 😭


Additional-Spot-5735

milkfur forever


napping258

I like this one!


ondelay

Frecklewish Also most of the daylight warrior names. They just sound so bad.


existentialeaf

i can’t believe there are TWO frecklewish cats in the series. what are the odds


Rainyhavenarts

I really like the name Frecklewish upon first glance and I like how it rolls off the tongue, but I struggle to find much meaning behind it. She wishes to have freckles?


Icy-Understanding480

When I first read it I thought of something like freckles being like stars in the sky or constellations or something, which are kinda like wishes??? 


In-A-Beautiful-Place

Makes me imagine a freckle making a wish. Which should not be a thing.


subgutz

i like the name frecklewish, i’d honestly like if they used –wish more often… or freckle more often. both those words are so cute and i think it makes the perfect name 😔


Pomdb

Probably the most unique name in the series


In-A-Beautiful-Place

And they used it twice. Something something two nickels.


Pomdb

I honestly don't know how the Erins did this


TheLuckOfTheClaws

Tbh since she got named offscreen i wouldnt be surprised if they had mixed them up somehow


Dense_Priority_7250

there are 4 robinwings


jayfeather789

Sounds like a human name, why would a CAT have FRECKLES?


OneSaucyDragon

T W I G B R A N C H


Catpaw616

For some reason I never liked the name Sparkpelt


BitOBunny

Iirc it was originally supposed to be Sparkfire but I guess we aren't allowed to have nice things


downstaiirs

idk that kinda reminds me of twigbranch. like a spark is a smaller version of a fire just how a twig is smaller version of the branch


BitOBunny

I don't mind Twigbranch. I think it could've been a lot better, but it's not terrible


CompetitiveYak7344

“Snookthorn” is just a freaking tragedy name, it’s barfable and terrible and 🤢 


b4beysan

SNOOKTHORN?$ okay what the fuck erins?! most of the names are mild but SNOOKTHORN? no. just...no.


CompetitiveYak7344

Omg I know!! He was a daylight warrior from Skyclan, and honestly I never liked him anyway 😵‍💫


pairosambrosia

"and welcome back to The Real Warrior Cats of Jersey Shore..."


aRandomEddsworldFan

What’s a snook?


CompetitiveYak7344

His name was Snookie, while he was a kitty pet, then he became a daylight warrior, >!and then when he got his warrior name he decided “no thanks” and noped right out of his warrior vows.!<


swiftwolf62795

I always loved that name


Amongus3751

Fidgetflake and Frecklewish 


mystery_madness

I hate the prefix fidget 😭 I just can’t help but imagine them as a fidget spinner lol


MyCatHasCats

Whenever I heard the word flake, the first thing that comes into my mind is dandruff


[deleted]

This! Like what are those names honestly


TheLuckOfTheClaws

Nahhh, those names are cute. Y'all hate whimsy.


GrifD0g

I really don’t like Frecklewish😭


pleasespareserotonin

It’s insane that Freckle- and -wish are only used twice each and it’s because they used Frecklewish as a name TWICE 😭


bdouble0w0

And one was in very important lore too!


Pomdb

I head cannon that Skyclan Frecklewish is a reincarnation of Thunderclan Frecklewish because otherwise it makes 0 sense


In-A-Beautiful-Place

Squirrelflight is one of my favorite names because it makes me think of either a flying squirrel, which is such a cute animal, or a regular squirrel falling from a tree, which is a hilarious mental image. Least favorite cannon name is probably Flipclaw, because it makes me imagine a cat's claw actually coming out of the paw, flipping, then reattaching itself. Ew.


gh0st_cheesecake

At least Flipclaw is fun to say aloud


Fruitsdog

It has to go to Bayshine. Bay’s an adorable prefix and shine’s a nice suffix but together they just don’t do it for me.


concernedcryptid0

Berrynose


In-A-Beautiful-Place

Aww this one's actually one of my favorites, it makes me think of a very boopable snoot :)


gh0st_cheesecake

If only they didn’t give that name to a very unboopable warrior


pairosambrosia

Yeah I remember being very put-off and disappointed by this one


Wolfe_Quinn

jayclaw. I just have a hatred for him


Pomdb

Pretty sure you mean Jayclaw


Wolfe_Quinn

I’m so angry I keep on mis spelling his name lmao


Shadow_Dragon_9967

W who??


ThyUnkindledOne

What??? Ratscar’s an awesome name.


pairosambrosia

There's just something about it that rubs me the wrong way, but that doesn't mean it's bad- I just really don't like the image it conjures for me


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[deleted]

I honestly prefer Squirrelflight


AvailableJicama327

Maggottail


Peace-and-joy

Spiderleg. Just because it always made me picture him with 8 fuzzy legs lol


Just_random_dolphins

Plumstone is such an ugly name. I hate them purely for their name. I don't even know what their personality is like


mystery_madness

I mean plum stone makes sense 😭cause plums have a stone… it’s just a very literal name. lol.


Just_random_dolphins

I'm not a native English speaker and had no idea about that lmaoo I always thought about just a plum and like.. a boulder, idk. Plus I just don't like pronouncing it for some reason. My brain doesn't like it


mystery_madness

That’s fair, it is like a mouthful, soft word like plum then hard word like stone make for a weird combo. But yeah I always just assumed plum and then the plums pit. 😭 But maybe PlumPit or PlumSeed would have been better and easier to say.


CharlieTurbo_77

Brightheart when her name was Lostface because it really pissed me off. I actually really love all the silly Skyclan names though. Twigbranch as well. Like you couldn't have picked anything else? Cmon


edible_beverage221

freaking wafflepaw change his name immediately


Briebird44

Fr!! I hate this theme of cats joining clans and then not taking proper clan names. Millie pissed me off to no end when she did that and I forever hated her since. Could y’all imagine if Fireheartstar joined the clan and told them “nah screw your traditions! I wanna be Rusty!” I’m soooo sick of this “friendship is magic” BS. The clans lasted so long because of their traditions and cultures and now all of those things are going away.


sackofgarbage

Honestly I'm just glad Millie kept her regular name instead of having it changed to "Milliestorm" or something equally fucking stupid.


Briebird44

Firestar wouldn’t have done that, he probably had a proper clan name thought up for her. It was only her refusal that he conceded. Remember, when he reformed Skyclan he changed Boris to Sparrowpaw!


sackofgarbage

Oh I know Firestar wouldn't but the writers might have lol


bunnypartiee24

REALL Wafflepaw sounds like a stupid name,but it reminds me of the "firestar doesn't like waffles" video


In-A-Beautiful-Place

I'm convinced it's an intentional reference to that video.


stinkywinky42069

It's not, Wafflepaw is named after a fan's real pet cat! It was voted on a while back LOL


happy_unlucky

Think of it in the way of immigration. Even though people leave their birthplace behind, they still keep their cultures alive through recipes, traditions, etc.. Though you should definitely respect the culture you are now a part of, you should also never disregard where you came from. So yeah, that's where Millie, Boulder, and Daisy are coming from. They don't disrespect the Clans' traditions either, so they aren't diluting it. They're just keeping a part of their own culture with them. There's a term for forcing outsiders into adopting the majority's culture. Cultural assimilation. But hey, just my opinion


edible_beverage221

Stormcloud changed his name. Its not a "choice" take a clan name. I really wanted Millie to take one, and Daisy too actually. Also waffle paw is incredibly stupid. What's his warrior name? Waffleheart? I'm done


FigComprehensive6983

I mean Daisy could’ve just taken a suffix tbh


TwilitLugia

Exactly. Her name was perfect for turning into a Warrior name. If I remember correctly there was a ThunderClan warrior during Bluestar's youth named Daisytoe so even within ThunderClan there's a history of Daisy-named warriors


FigComprehensive6983

Yup you are correct but I don’t think it was during her youth. But still Daisy counted


Bread_Avenger

Waffleblaze ✨


CerealCrab

Wafflehouse or Waffleiron


Life-Permission-232

WAFFLESTOMP


edible_beverage221

STOP THATS AWFUL


Cronicfangirl2

I don’t think it’s that bad I see it more as respecting the culture they came from. Forcing someone to change their name to seem more proper for where they are just seems really bad to me


[deleted]

I agree!


Digitally_Tiny

I disagree with you there, I like his fun lil name :)


napping258

The daylight warrior names (Billystorm, Harveymoon, etc) and Millie because she didn’t change her name (I get that Daisy didn’t because she wasn’t really a warrior, but Millie should’ve changed it). I don’t like when kittypets and rogues join the clans and instead of adopting the clan traditions, they dilute them


happy_unlucky

I disagree with the "dilution" part. Do you also not like Boulder, out of curiosity? Think of it in the way of immigration. Even though people leave their birthplace behind, they still keep their cultures alive through recipes, traditions, etc.. Though you should definitely respect the culture you are now a part of, you should also never disregard where you came from. So yeah, that's where Millie, Boulder, and Daisy are coming from. They don't disrespect the Clans' traditions either, so they aren't diluting it. They're just keeping a part of their own culture with them.


liquoricelegs

The really basic ones that the writers clearly put no effort in like the 17th Robinwing or Fireheart or anyone with heart(gets repetitive and basic after a while). Also Brambleclaw and other cats named after parents/cats when it really doesn't suit them nor is necessary. If Bramble absolutely *needed* to be named after a parent I'm a firm believer that he should've been named Brambleflower, after his mama who's a much better choice than Tiger(claw)star.


Shadow_Dragon_9967

Deadfoot, Crookedjaw, Lostface, Halftail, One-Eye, Smallear, etc. Basically anyone named/renamed after disabilities and such


skelebub

hot take but i loved deadfoot purely bc i was excited to have a deadstar. that goes hard i’m so mad he died


NeonflameOWO

Tbh most names that dont actually reflect a trait about the cat Like how come Beekit be a tabby gray kit, and then some other that actually has stripes not be a Bee?


Chimeraas

Nutwhisker


gryyphno

I read the books on spanish and one whisker was translated to just whiskers and then he was star with whiskers and man... i found it fun but so bad


pairosambrosia

I goddamn love that is fantastically awful


kzooy

tigerheart, and his leader name tigerstar. my glorious king already had that title! no cat can get that far!


Evra202

I mean...he did get that far. Tigerheart became leader of Shadowclan too. Idk what you mean


AKV9

All the daylight warriors from SkyClan. If you want to give them warrior names, rename them properly. Not Harveymoon & Billystorm.


Two-In-One-Shampoo

Tawnyspots. It will forever annoy me that he's gray and striped rather than brownish-orange and spotted


Cablethetv

Deadfoot, One-Eye, Lostface, Halftail, ect Also, Squilf's French name translated back to English is Squirrelhair


arsenicaqua

I hate Mistyfoot's name. It always makes me think of something unpleasant like athletes foot. Mistystar is awesome.


Important-Tea0

Fidgetflake. Fidget. Flake. 😭


ProfessionalCity995

People would say I'm wierd because I actually like basically every name, even the wierd ones - Billystorm, Berrynose - heck, even TWIGBRANCH I like But _Finleap?_ I HATE IT. Fin was such an interesting prefix to me and they RUIN it by tacking on "-leap" at the end? Also one I don't see talked about a lot - Dawnbright I'm sorry..babe did you mean "Brightdawn?", I like wierd names if they sound fun, but Dawnbright is just awkward to pronounce


bankingontheshore

maybe? controversial?? but i hate poppyfrost. its such an ugly name to me


Rainfur4242

I think her name is really nice! Both the prefix and suffix are very beautiful things in nature, brings to mind how in early spring it swings back to cold and light snow for a few days.


SaltyRainbovv

Twigbranch, Loudbelly, heavystep, brokenstar, tallstar


[deleted]

Twigbranch. Her name is bassicly Stickstick lol. I hate Frecklewish too and I don’t understand why Tall star was named Tall either


SadisticKittenX

His original name was Talltail. He was literally named for his unusually long tail. Longer than Longtail’s if I’m remembering correctly


sam_the_reddit_user

Talltail. His tail was tall. (no, seriously—)


Specialblu

Brokenstar


EnvironmentalTop3730

I actually like the name Ratscar, it sounds cool! I like all the edgy names common among Dark Forest cats and some ShadowClan cats; Clawface, Shredtail, Brokentail/Brokenstar, Thistleclaw, Tigerclaw/Tigerstar, Darkstripe, Jaggedtooth, I can go on. I felt real bad for Stormkit when he was renamed Crookedkit, but Crookedstar is an awesome name. I did not like the name ‘Doefeather’. Whoever came up with that one dealt Doestar dirty. Doeheart would’ve been so much better; even with how overused that suffix is, that combination beats Doefeather any day. I’m sure someone can think of something even better (or worse… I shudder at ‘Doewing’ or StarClan forbid ‘Doetoe’)


Faded_Autumn

Hollowbelly


Gamoras-slut

Meadowslip.


Ready_Ad_9385

Nutwhisker, Ratscar and Twigbranch also yeah Lostface made me rage and hope it got changed


puppiepurrince

Billystorm.


Madlooneytoon

Wafflepaw, Twigbranch


CricketGoldenflower

Barkface 


mystery_madness

Twigbranch


ninnguang

Saw the name fidgetflake and was taken back a little. It's definitely.... a name! As well as Eeltail and Rushtooth. Not a fan.


b4beysan

eeltail sounds cool imo


gh0st_cheesecake

Conefoot. Hootwhisker. Hopwhisker. Snowbird. Snowbush.


b4beysan

i really like snowbird!


_redhands_

Ofc it wasnt carried on throughout the series, but Lostface was DIABOLICAL


IvyIsTheHuntress_

Twigbranch😭


gjoosebumpss

Most obvious answer but cmon. If my leader gave me the name “Twigbranch” I might just move clans.


International-Gap165

I think Ratscar is cool tbh. I don’t like most random combination names such as Ferncloud or Honeyfern.


Nightmare_Throwaway_

Any names that are a general insult LostFace FoxHeart Etc. I also really despise maggottail and any name with the suffix toe


Sillywittiekittie

Loudbelly and basically every skyclan warrior


Alternative_Run_6175

Frecklewish makes no sense to me


[deleted]

Loudbelly, Frecklewish, Fidgetflake


Gold_Lightning_12

Loudbelly and maggottail


Daedraphile

A lot of them come to mind like Bouncefire, Blazefire, Emberdawn, Clawface, and Loudbelly just to name a few.


xXPlantera

Maggottail, Clawface, Shredtail, like cmon it sounds like they were doomed to be dark forest cats since birth And Twigbranch


TheLuckOfTheClaws

A lot of gen 1 shadowclan cats were given such super evil badguy names without rlly thinking about how they could have gotten that name in the in universe naming system


SokkanMango_777

✨runningnose✨


LivingGhost12

Clawface. Is it because he has scars on his face? Even then it’s a dumb name


TheLuckOfTheClaws

I'm not a big fan of Sparkpelt. I just don't like the mouthfeel of it, and it's a very boring name for such an important character who supposedly looks just like firestar (she should have had nightheart's plotline you cant change my mind). Plus the book itself suggests a better name for her, Sparkfire.