What's in a name

This began very innocently. I saw a great "Friday's Feast" post at Penny Lane, in which Jean mentioned that one of her favourite cartoons growing up was "The Jetsons". I then left a comment, indicating that they were actually known as "The Sonics" (actually, "Los Supersónicos") in Latin America. I even provided the full names of each of the main characters.

Jean found it hilarious, and that prompted me and Mike to find even more of those cartoons with weird Spanish names. Most of them came from Disney and WB, but I bet I can come up with many more... So that's what I'm doing.

Here's a quick list I've compiled, including the comments I got. Care to help expand this list?

Esto comenzó de manera inocente. Vi un gran post para Friday's Feast" en Penny Lane, donde Jean mencionaba que uno de sus dibujos animados preferidos cuando era chica eran "The Jetsons". Le dejé un comentario, indicándole que nosotros los conocíamos como "Los Supersónicos" en Latino América, e incluso le dejé los nombres de los personajes en español.

A Jean le pareció muy divertido, y eso nos llevó a Mike y a mí a traer incluso más nombres de personajes de dibujitos con nombres en español que no tenían nada que ver. La mayoría son de Disney o de WB, pero seguro que se me ocurren más... Así que eso voy a hacer!

Aquí hay una lista que compilé rápidamente, incluyendo los de los comentarios. Me ayudan a expandirla?

Name in English	Names in Spanish
Daffy Duck	Pato Lucas
Woody Woodpecker	Pájaro loco / Loquillo (crazy bird)
Squiddly Diddly	Manotas (big hands)
Quick Draw Mc Graw Baba Looey	Tiro Loco Mc Graw (crazy shot) Pepe Chuelo
Dick Dastardly and Muttley	Pierre Nodoyuna y Patán
Jabberjaw	Mandibulín (little jaw)
Fred Flintstone Barney Rubble	Pedro Picapiedras Pablo Mármol
Wally Gator	Lagarto Juancho
Touché Turtle	D'Artagnan
Tweety	Piolín (little thread)
Goofy Gyro Gearloose Gladstone Gander	Tribilín / Goofy Giro Sintornillos Glad Consuerte
Jughead Jones (from Archie)	Torombolo
Top Cat Choo Choo Officer Dibble	Don Gato Cucho (there's an Argentine rock star named "Cucho") Matute (it's commonly used as a synonym for 'cop')
Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey Augie Doggy and Doggie Daddy Snooper and Blabber	Viva, Bravo y Hurra Canito y Canuto Superfisgón y Despistado (Super sleuth and Clueless)
Speed Racer Spritle and Chim Chim Sparky	Meteoro Chispita y Chito Bujías (spark plug) <= This was close!
Gomez Addams Pugsley Addams Wednesday Addams Fester Addams Lurch Cousin It Thing	Homero Addams (we had a Homer then!) Pericles Addams Merlina Addams Tío Lucas (uncle Lucas) Largo (long) Tío Cosa (uncle thing) Dedos (fingers)
Kermit (The Muppets) Fozzie Scooter Statler and Waldorf	René (Latin America) / Gustavo (Spain) Figueredo Ciriaco Ezequiel y Tadeo
George Jetson Jane Jetson Judy Jetson Elroy Jetson Rosey the Robot	Super Sónico Ultra Sónico Lucero Sónico (lucero = evening star) Cometín Sónico (cometín = small comet) Robotina

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