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What do you think Eggs's real name might be?


I'm thinking something more along the lines of Jaheim or Jeremiah. Or it may not be a bible name, but still similar. It has to start with a J.

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It has to start with a J.

Why, because you say so? Snatcher said/sang* in the movie about Trubshaw Senior and his son. So the implication is Eggs real name is Herbert like his dad.

* Snatcher: "Trubshaw Senior loved his kid, the same as regular fathers did."

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It is too bad eggs real name is not revealed.

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No, because I think so. And how could it be Herbert because of Trubsaw Senior?

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No, because I think so.


Good for you, but your thinking so doesn't make something magically true. Especially when it's clearly stated in the friggin movie.


And how could it be Herbert because of Trubsaw Senior?


Do you not get when a father is called "Senior" it follows his son shares his name?!? As in, Herbert Trubshaw Sr, and his son Herbert Trubshaw Jr (Eggs).

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Dude/Chick, I wasn't saying that it should be true. The book was based on Here Be Monsters so it should be Arthur and that's perfectly fine. It doesn't make sense to name the other characters the same names as in the book but not the little boy's.

And no, I do not understand that Senior can mean that his son has the same name.

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First off, it's dude.

Secondly, as I understand it they changed a lot of stuff from the book, especially the villain and ending. Who's to say why they changed Egg's human name?

Thirdly, what is so hard to understand that when a father names his son after himself, he's called senior and his son junior. I don't get why you don't seem to grasp this.

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And no, I do not understand that Senior can mean that his son has the same name.


Well now you do. Seriously, there can only be a senior if the son is a junior.

Can't stop the signal.

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They never called Eggs Junior, what if Snatcher may have just lied? He likes to lie. But he said Trubsaw Senior, I don't know if that's right?

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You can't have a senior without a junior.

Can't stop the signal.

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This is the most ignorant thing I've ever read... How can you not understand the senior junior connection?

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I DO!

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The book reveals his real name is Arthur.

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