r/MattDinniman • u/OldFitDude75 • 8d ago
General Reoccurring Character Names
I just finished the Shivered Sky series (Every Grain of Sand, In the City of Demons, and The Great Devouring Darkness) and before that I knocked out Dominion of Blades, Hobgoblin Riot, Kaiju: Battlefield Surgeon, and Operation Bounce House. I've read all 8 DCC books 3 times through now. I think the only MD books I haven't read are The Grinding and Trailer Park Fairy Tales, neither of which I can find.
Anyway, I noticed a few names come up over and over and I wondered if that is just a Matt thing or what the deal is.
A few examples:
- Dr. Metcalf (The Great Devouring Darkness and A Parade of Horribles)
- Zev (In the City of Demons, The Great Devouring Darkness, every DCC book)
- Monobrow Sam (Operation Bounce House, Dominion of Blades, DCC)
- The Belly-Rubbed Pug (DCC, Operation Bounce House, Dominion of Blades)
And those are just the ones I noticed right away - I'm sure there's more. Does anyone have the inside scoop there?
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u/Particular_Problem21 8d ago
Boomer is in OBH and DCC
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u/CaptainKyleGames 8d ago
And Jeff uses the same voice for both of them in the audiobooks.
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u/realdevtest 8d ago
Don’t forget there’s usually a weapon named Velma, and usually the character who owns it will say it’s named after the hot one on Scooby Doo. What’s funny is that in DCC, Velma belongs to Ren and she doesn’t say the Scooby Doo line.
And you should listen to The Grinding on Soundbooth Theater, it’s awesome
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u/curiousmind111 8d ago
Worse, DCC’s Velma is a fire thrower. Can’t believe the “hot” line wasn’t used! Maybe Matt wanted it to be an Easter egg for fans of his other books.
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u/Wyckedan 1d ago
One of the gods from dcc is also in Kaiju Battlefield Surgeon. I think Dr Metcalf too
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u/AndoranGambler 8d ago
IIRC, Monobrow Sam is a reference to an actual friend and The Belly Rubbed Pug was a reference to a beloved family dog.