Talk:Oscar Pine/@comment-26160399-20170820164550/@comment-4010415-20170830010534

Blake - Blake's name is the way it is because Monty originally named her Belladonna but then decided that isn't "sharp" enough for her, and thus he chose Blake instead but kept Belladonna as her last name. (Source)

Velvet - I actually kinda like her name, to be honest.

Penny - She refers to her creator as her "father", so it's possible that her creator's last name is Polendina. There's also the theory that Penny was created to replace a child that her creator lost. And it would seem odd to the tournament competitors and viewers if she didn't have a last name. I mean, recall how Port and Oobleck announced the fighters for the singles rounds. "Mercury Black and Yang Xiao Long", "Pyrrha Nikos and Penny Polendina". It would seem odd to the people watching the tournament if it was just "Pyrrha Nikos and... Penny." I think the screens showing the randomizer also showed full names for the doubles rounds.

Glynda - Yeah, that was lazy. Even lazier than "This character alludes to Mercury, so his name is Mercury. This character alludes to Neptune, so his name is Neptune." Hey, there's also Sun Wukong who alludes to Sun Wukong.

Pyrrha - She was named Pyrrha because her allusion, Achilles, disguised himself as a red-haired woman named Pyrrha. Nikos means "victor of the people". Thus, it comes close to the term that describes the end of Volume 3 - pyrrhic victory, a victory at a great cost. Ruby petrifying the wyvern and causing Cinder to retreat stopped things from getting even worse. She nullified a giant ancient Grimm, and she prevented Cinder from searching Beacon for the Relic. Ruby wouldn't have done that if she hadn't gone after Pyrrha and witnessed her dying.

Jaune - Hey, it was almost worse. His name was almost Jean, as in blue jeans. Seriously. They were going to name him the word for denim pants. But then Burnie suggested jaundice, which led them to discover jaune is French for yellow. (Source: Volume 1 Directors Commentary)

Literally the only reason Juan is a meme is because of the countless people who couldn't understand how to spell Jaune's name. They kept typing Juane and Juan, so the meme came about to make fun of that.

To be honest, I don't really think very many people are as bothered by the names as you are. At least they're not things like Blake Kickass, Scythe Bloodvein, and shit like that.