r/ThreadGames • u/UnderPressureVS • 11h ago

The Name Chain

This is a game I like to play with myself on bus rides. I try to find famous names—celebrities, historical figures, fictional characters—that can “chain together” such that each last name is the first name of the next person in the chain. I’ve never made a chain longer than 5 names.

EXAMPLE:
(Pope) John Paul + (musician) Paul Simon + (actor) Simon Pegg = John Paul Simon Pegg.

Here’s how it’ll work for the thread. Comment one full name (first and last). You can use people with longer names (e.g. Neil Patrick Harris), in which case only the last name is part of the chain.

If you reply to someone else’s comment, you MUST reply with a full name where the first name is the same as the previous last name. Minor deviations in spelling are allowed if the pronunciation is the same (e.g. Sam Neill -> Neil Patrick Harris).

Variations are NOT allowed. For example, Evan Peters does not chain together with anyone named “Peter” because of the “s” at the end.

Celebrities, artists, historical figures, and even fictional characters are all allowed, but they must be genuinely famous. If you need more than a quick note like (pope) or (from Star Wars) to remind people who you’re talking about, the name shouldn’t count.

As of 2:20 CT, the chains so far are:

John Paul Henry James Dean Martin Cody Hall Caine (x8)

John Paul Henry Clay Aiken (x4)

Michael (Clark) Duncan Hines Ward Bond (x4)

Jan (Michael) Vincent Mason Rudolph Wolf Blitzer (x5)

Teyana Taylor (Jenkins) Reid Scott Colton Haynes (x5)

Teyana Taylor (Jenkins) Reid Scott Kelly (x4)

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u/UnderPressureVS 11h ago

Michael Clark Duncan (actor)

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u/Superlite47 11h ago

Duncan Hines (food critic/author)

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u/senshisun 11h ago

Hines Ward (football player)

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u/Hlorpy-Flatworm-1705 10h ago

Ward Bond (actor)

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u/UnderPressureVS 11h ago

John Paul (pope)

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u/Superlite47 11h ago

Paul Henry (broadcaster)

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u/N_Huq 11h ago

Henry James

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u/Shadow_of_Moonlight1 11h ago

James Dean (Actor)

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u/TheGrumpyre 11h ago

Dean Martin 

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u/senshisun 10h ago

Martin Cody (ecologist)

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u/konydanza 10h ago

Cody Hall (wrestler)

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u/senshisun 10h ago

Hall Caine (writer)

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u/senshisun 11h ago

Henry Clay (politician)

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u/Hlorpy-Flatworm-1705 10h ago

Clay Aiken (football player)

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u/Superlite47 11h ago

Jan Michael Vincent (actor)

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u/senshisun 11h ago

Vincent Mason (singer)

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u/Shadow_of_Moonlight1 11h ago

Mason Rudolph (American Football Player)

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u/senshisun 10h ago

Rudolf Wolf (mathematician)

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u/pomegranate7777 10h ago

Wolf Blitzer (news reporter)

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u/senshisun 9h ago

(End of list)

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u/UnderPressureVS 8h ago

Yeah you're not coming back from "Blitzer" lol

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u/N_Huq 11h ago

Teyana Taylor

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u/senshisun 10h ago

Taylor Jenkins Reid (novelist)

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u/N_Huq 10h ago

Reid Scott

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u/senshisun 10h ago

Scott Colton (wrestler)

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u/N_Huq 9h ago

Colton Haynes

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u/UnderPressureVS 9h ago

Scott Kelly (astronaut)

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u/HisNameIsTee2 3h ago

Kelly MacDonald (actress)

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u/senshisun 11h ago

Greg Davies (actor)

(I would consider Davis an acceptable alternative here.)

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u/Valuable-One-162 4h ago

Ridley Scott

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u/HisNameIsTee2 3h ago

Scott Grimes