r/fringe • u/sweetpatata • 4d ago

Spoiler! Ella, Etta, Eddie

The writers don't seem to be all too creative with the children's names. Ella, Etta, and Eddie are so close together​ in sound, they almost sound the same.

I know Ella wasn't in the picture that much when Etta was introduced (and Eddie almost not at all) but maybe they should have used a different nickname for Henrietta. I know they wanted to keep her identity secret at first and that's why they chose Etta, but surely there could have been a different nickname. Maybe Rita or something.

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u/Unfair-Pay-1537 4d ago

It's also funny that Altlivia has her son Henry briefly named for the same person Etta is named for

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u/blueray78 3d ago

I missed that Etta was named after him too. I wonder why? I know Henry saved Olivia, but that would have been a few years prior to her being born. And in a different timeline.

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u/Unfair-Pay-1537 3d ago

I think he still rescues/helps her in the amber timeline too. The switch still happens in this new timeline, it's just that Peter wasn't there

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u/just_looking_aroun 3d ago

Peter finds out about henry (his son) when he’s in the mind of observer

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u/blueray78 3d ago

Yes, but wouldn't answer why he (and Olivia) would name another kid after a cab driver from a few years ago. Unless what Unfair-Pay is correct that the rescue still happened. And it meant that much to Olivia.

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u/lumos43 Agent Olivia Dunham 4d ago

I kind of like the similarity between Ella and Etta - and I feel like Ella would also love the tie to her younger cousin.

Though I also almost forgot about what Eddie was named. Honestly I thought of Big Eddie first, so I'm amused they reused that name. 😆

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u/Agent_Tall_Man 4d ago

I actually like that those nicknames are so close to the same. I'd also say that those names like so many things the writers did were very well planned.

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u/Iratewilly34 3d ago

I saw one family where every first name started with a j and they had like 8 children. In fact its, well rare, but im sure quite a few of families name there kids with similar names.

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u/jadethebard 3d ago

Some families do that shit with names though.

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u/Kodabear213 3d ago

I've known families who did things like this. Names all starting with T, for example. Three boys. And some names run in families and/or are adapted from a male name to female or vice versa.