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[[January 17]] - [[Andy Kaufman]] is born.
==[[Dragon Quest]]==


[[January 24]] - [[John Belushi]] is born.
'''[[Dragon Quest I]]''' GBC


[[February 2]] - [[Brent Spiner]] is born.
<u>Hiro</u>. &nbsp;Simple name pun, worked with the 4 letter limit.


[[March 2]] - [[Gates McFadden]] is born.
'''[[Dragon Quest II]]''' GBC


[[May 20]] - [[Dave Thomas - Canadian]] is born.
<u>Yuki</u>. &nbsp;For lack of anything better, took the name Hiroyuki and cut off the part I'd already used.


[[May 27]] - [[Robert Ripley]] dies.
'''[[Dragon Quest III]]''' GBC


[[June 15]] - [[Jim Varney]] is born.
<u>Saki</u>. &nbsp;Continuing with the theme, I decided to use as much as possible of Iron Chef French [[Hiroyuki Sakai]]'s last name.


[[July 24]] - [[Michael Richards]] is born.
'''[[Dragon Quest IV]]''' NES


[[July 26]] - [[Roger Taylor]] is born.
<u>Gordon</u>. &nbsp;With an unrelated game story came an unrelated name. &nbsp;Gordon means &quot;round hill&quot;, but why I thought it appropriate for the hero's name, search me.


[[November 5]] - [[Armin Shimerman]] is born.
'''[[Dragon Quest V]]''' SNES


[[December 17]] - [[Paul Rodgers]] is born.
<u>Elliot</u>. &nbsp;As the names for DQ 1-3 connected, so I decided to do the same between 4 and 5, so [[Gordon Elliott]] was the inspiration.


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'''[[Dragon Quest VI]]''' SNES
 
<u>Shumway</u>. &nbsp;Well, Gordon Elliott didn't leave much room for growth, and I couldn't find his middle name, so I took Gordon in another direction. &nbsp;That's Gordon Shumway of Melmac, also known as Alf.
 
'''[[Dragon Quest VII]]''' PS1
 
<u>Meredith</u>. &nbsp;A fresh start for an unrelated game. &nbsp;So named after [[Stargate Atlantis]]'s Rodney McKay's ''real'' first name.
 
'''[[Dragon Quest VIII]]''' PS2
 
<u>Rodney</u>. &nbsp;I know 7-8-9 isn't a trilogy like 1-2-3 or 4-5-6, but I still wanted some naming continuity.
 
==Other==
 
'''[[Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic]]''' Xbox
 
<u>Lacto Bacili</u>. &nbsp;This one's a bit convoluted. &nbsp;Many years ago there was a segment on The View where they discussed this vaginal bacteria, lactobacilli. &nbsp;Great, right? &nbsp;But then-host of [[Talk Soup]] [[John Henson]]'s joke response was that it sounded like someone who would work with Boba Fett. &nbsp;So this is kind of my go-to ridiculous Star Wars-sounding name.
 
'''[[Mass Effect]]''' Xbox 360
 
<u>Fischer</u> Sheppard. &nbsp;Since the fixed last name of every character is a variant spelling of an animal-based profession, I decided the first name should be that way too.
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