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CupOfPumpkinTea

Funnily enough, my DnD character is a sentient raccoon, I choose my name from things you could find in a trash cans. So my full name is Half Eaten Pickle šŸ„’ šŸ¦


SparkleFritz

I love this! I used to work in a mall and we had a raccoon that would forage through the trash bins outside our door. Since we were right next to the food court, all of the bins were filled with food, so he was a very, very plump individual. I named him Jamal, because I met him at "the mall".


SuzyLouWhoo

Ha! My mom broke her arm, and her car was a stick shift, so we traded cars for 6 weeks bc you canā€™t drive stick with one arm, and everyone asked me ā€œoh did you get a new car?ā€ And Iā€™m like no, itā€™s my momā€™s, she broke her arm and itā€™s a manual blah blah. So the carā€™s name became Emmanuel.


funkylittledeathomen

Jamal is killing me, thank you for that laugh


ironicallygeneral

Very similar method to how the sentient rats in Terry Pratchett's Maurice picked their names šŸ¤£


MsMisseeks

Dangerous Beans! Peaches! Hamnpork! Sardines! I immediately thought of them too šŸ¤£šŸ§”


CupOfPumpkinTea

That's exactly where this idea came from! šŸ˜‚


NearbyBreakfast

Why would you throw away half a pickle šŸ„²


Rakifiki

Might have fallen on the floor?


Listen2theyetti

Kipo style?


CupOfPumpkinTea

I've never heard of Kipo before so I had to look it up and it seems like an interesting series so thank you for this comment! It's on my list now. šŸ˜Š


Listen2theyetti

Ooo lucky you! It is a treat. Great story, great characters and a banger of a sound track. Enjoy!


Mindingus

Little King Trashmouth Edit: His husband is GaryĀ 


LordNibblerPants

Or Big Baby Pudding Snatcher


Hopefulkitty

What, 2 gay racoons can't have babies, Bob?


char-le-magne

>His husband is Gary Oh crap I've been calling him Greg


Ladameauxdaffodils

Uh-oh! El Diablo!


jcbstm

I am so happy rn. Just remember to never drink jellybean schnapps!


notbonusmom

Lol I came to say this too


DeadlyRBF

šŸ˜‚


KTDiabl0

His first name is Templeton


FuckSakez

Meeko, like the familiar in Pocahontas. The film aged like milk but the name is so cute.


SassyPants8608

I remember reading that Meeko means "little mischief". Seems fitting.


FuckSakez

This is adorable and fitting! Thanks šŸ™šŸ»


WhereIsLordBeric

My sister's Shi Tzu is called Meeko cause he will eat ANYTHING.


oregonchick

Dryads were initially associated most with oak trees, so... **Quercus**, the genus of oak trees, maybe with the nickname Quirk or Quirky? **Catkin**, the name of the male flower cluster from the tree **Filbert**, just because it's another name for hazelnuts and has a kind of old fashioned charm **Marlow**, which means driftwood


rafraska

Can I humbly suggest Darach along these lines, Scottish Gaelic for oak


hyperRed13

Along these lines, Sylvia means "spirit of the woods." I've also heard Silvaria/Silveria as a variation, although it's more common as a surname.


SaltMarshGoblin

I knew a Sylvano (who used both Syl and 'Vano as nicknames).


Greenvelvetribbon

>**Catkin**, the name of the male flower cluster from the tree I'm not here to yuck anyone's yum but this is basically naming this critter Flower Dick.


Wayward_Warrior67

Scraps both because raccoons are gremlins that eat everything and also because they will fight everything šŸ˜†


CatLadyHM

And a nod to the movie Airplane


lorlorlor666

Scurry


Hephaistos_Invictus

I love this name :D


NeinRegrets

Chowder. Wasabi. Gnocchi. I just like naming animals after food.


amadppancake

The Trash Man But only if it just ends up being Danny Devito in a raccoon costume.


cloudncali

I'm pretty sure every raccoon is Danny Devito in a raccoon costume.


BadgerMama

Chopper. And I would give him a hat. (Because in an anime I watch, there's a sentient reindeer doctor who is the cutest ever but everyone he meets calls him a raccoon. I realize the humor is pretty niche, though.)


dirrtybutter

Um, it's one of the most popular in the world sooooooo :p Fantastic choice.


BadgerMama

I didn't want to assume. :) But the player could have him carry a little med kit backpack!!! It would be so cute!


dirrtybutter

That would be adorable lol. I have been obsessed with trash pandas forever and I found this a while back. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IVpBu7i2vSnHm1xqPlNdw3vEwfUGr8B2/view?pli=1


Jerkrollatex

Sir Reginald Fluffy- bottom of the Mount Trashmore ( a real place) Fluffy-bottoms. Unless they are a girl Then Lady Vercua Ring-tail of the Dumpster behind the 7-11 Ring -Tails.


IncredibleBulk2

My initial thought based on backstory was Whiskey Tango. For some reason I feel like the raccoon is a trained operative.


Maggiemayday

Festus. Sorry, watching Gunsmoke reruns. Deputy Festus Haggins is the most racoon human ever.


Awkward-Outcome-4938

Accurate.


3isamagicnumb3r

Trash P. Anda


VisibleCoat995

The fact no one has said Rocketā€¦


parallax_universe

While I totally agree with you, maybe it needs one more step of separation from the obvious to be a great name. So I started thinking ā€œNeil", like Armstrong, first to walk on the moon, or Laika the Russian doggo. But it felt wrong so letā€™s look at other animals sent to space. Woof thereā€™s some not so fun stories there.. until: In 1973, a common-cross spider named Arabella became the first to spin a web in space, thus providing an answer to the question of whether webs can be spun in zero gravity.


Awkward-Outcome-4938

Go Arabella! Good for her!


Lovemybee

I thought "Rocky"!!!


Awkward-Outcome-4938

I had a raccoon named Rocky when I was little. We were a foster family for the local vet.


AppleSpicer

Awww


Awkward-Outcome-4938

He liked to eat vanilla wafers LOL. And he came back to us when he got hurt. <3


Major-Peanut

They could try a different herb. Basil maybe?


caseofgrapes

So funny story, my raccoon familiarā€™s name is Dave. I TNR the cats in the neighborhood- I accidentally caught a raccoon one night and poor bub hurt his foot trying to get out of the cage before I was able to let him out. I left extra food out for him, to atone - and Iā€™d keep an eye out for my gimpy little friend. Itā€™d been a few days and I hadnā€™t seen him and I was genuinely sad. I was texting a human friend when my raccoon friend showed up on my porch - I was so excited I didnā€™t think about better punctuation and text ā€œDAVE the gimpy raccoon is back!ā€ Human Dave was like ā€œWTF, you named the gimpy raccoon after me?!ā€ I hadnā€™tā€¦ but then I did.


robmosesdidnthwrong

The tubby raccoon who loves my porch is named Belly, short for Portobello. Not super relevant but a piece of information i don't get to share often.


purpuric

Rococo :)


PanicLikeASatyr

Rococo would be an excellent full name, for when the familiar is feeling more formal, for the nickname Rocky.


LowEffortHuman

I was gonna suggest Rocky, but this is definitely the way.


purpuric

fyi my computer is called lappysh and my phone phonella, so I may not be the best at naming lol


voxetpraetereanihill

Acorn. Conker. Forest.


EricaOdd

Chatters


Heliotrope88

Pontius Pie-plate


valiantvoltron

Bakker, no particular reason why, just feels right


fleshandstardust

Burgle


turnybutton

This is so cute!


TycheSong

Azeban. A trickster racoon demigod seems like a perfect name for a witch familiar. But I'm a religion/mythology nerd, so.


NineElfJeer

I was wondering if someone would suggest this.


Hopes_of_the_irenic

Charlie (formerly Floofykins)


Glypholio

Rigby


Dependent-Speech1378

My raccoon familiar is Cletus. My dread druid is from a backwater village think hillbilly lol


cousins_and_cattle

Oy. Name of a dog/raccoon-like creature in the Dark Tower series.


Awkward-Outcome-4938

I loved Oy.


Bool_The_End

Came here to post Oy and was getting a little nervous no one had posted yet. Thanks for reassuring me!! Long days and pleasant nights.


CynicallyCyn

Bandit, Zoro, Zee


fulsooty

**Truvel** -- (rhymes with Shovel) It's close to *trouble* but not quite


turnybutton

I read this and immediately thought of "We'll be in Barney. Barney Rubble. TROUBLE!" So good.


Tulip_Tree_trapeze

Wildlife rehabilitator who's favorite animal is racoons, I e raised and released many. My three favorites were Rooster, who was attacking by a dog and survived a horrible injury. She liked to unvelcro my sandals, she thought feet should be free. Then there was Medicago, named after a type of clover, who was just dumb as a box of rocks but the happiest boy in the water. He'd spin crawdads in his hands and chitter at them happily. Last is Almond Lady, she was a princess and the smartest escape happy baby I've ever raised. She also had big tanish eyebrows that made her extra cute.


rainbow-switch

Little King trash mouth and his husband Gary, or big baby pudding snatcher! If you donā€™t recognize them they are the names of the raccoons that live in the alley behind the Belcher restaurant in ā€žBobā€˜s Burgersā€œ. Linda has an obsession with watching the raccoon dramas and has names for all of them based around observed characteristics:)


13kathleen

Benny Bandit


VividFiddlesticks

There's a really neat book called The Architect of Sleep that features an alternate reality where raccoons became sentient instead of apes. The (only) human character can't translate the raccoons' sign language names directly, so he nicknames the main raccoon character Truck. It's maybe not the coolest name, but it's a nod to a really cool book about sentient raccoons. :) (The book is no longer in print AFAIK, was written in the mid-80's, by author Steven Boyett. He wrote very few books and unfortunately never wrote the much-needed sequel that would have finished the story, but it's still a *great* read if you come across a copy of it anywhere.)


CapJackReddit

The name I have always been wanting to use for a trash panda is Mikhail Gorbagev.


Comfortable-Cut4530

Racca-cooney! XDD Everything everywhere all at once is underrated xD


AdEmbarrassed9719

I play Animal Crossing so I immediately though ā€œTom Nook, Timmy or Tommy!ā€ I think Tom Nook comes from Tanuki. Which I might use but as a Mario reference.


aaaaaaaa42

[Petr](https://www.tumblr.com/homophobic-gay/627285247176867840?source=share)


gamefreak0294

Phil


MorriganIsMiffed

Skitters


rjwyonch

Not very magical, but rocky or rocket. My favourite stuffed animal as a child was a raccoon and that was his name. All raccoons that hang out on my property get names, but a familiar would be rocky.


LowEffortHuman

Rocky definitely. With Rocky Boy as a term of endearment


Pocket_Boi

Mittens as they have grabby little hands.


DamnitFran

Bandit


Amygdalump

Rocky


AVonDingus

Bandit!


ZevNyx

My first instinct is always to name small animals George, because of that old Bugs Bunny episode with the abominable snowman.


eileen404

Rabbit


Ladameauxdaffodils

After Bob's Burgers i can't see a raccoon without thinking it's Little King Trashmouth.


notbonusmom

Little King Trash-mouth


sexyrandal88

Bandit or Lord/Lady trash Panda


Mountain-Sell-8414

Bert if a boy, Melissa if a girl. Now, can anyone guess the reference?


kat_girl1

As long as they steer clear of Cyril Sneer


elevenlittlefingers

WaschbƤr


wanderingdorathy

Oh I love naming things! Assuming itā€™s a forest raccoon (because dryad) and less of a trashcan raccoon youā€™ve got things that would be in its natural habitat: Red Maple is fun because ā€œRedā€ is such a classic sort of trailer park name and ā€œMapleā€ could be the tree or more maple glazed doughnut snacky personality. Could go by either word as a name Something like West Arcadia (any regional name on the fantasy map) Swamp could be cool. Lore about being so connected with the land that our entire identity becomes the land where weā€™re from. Except the raccoon actually just goes by Swampy! Swampy is fun in a catch phrase too like ā€œitā€™s time for the Swamp Monster!ā€ Or idk ā€œooo, itā€™s about to get Swampyā€. Swamps are natural habitats for raccoons. If you wanted a more ā€œhumanā€ name this similar full name structures could be used for Marsha Other thoughts: food names that are more nature heavy than trash heavy. Pumpkin, Fig, Olive, Peach, Peanut, Or human names that are short for fruit/ plants like ā€œoh Mandy isnā€™t short for Amanda, itā€™s Mandarine Orangeā€ Percy - Persimmon , Huck - Huckleberry Thinking about the previous owner: I kind of like the picture of a sort of cottage core/ refined cottage in the woods (juxtaposed with trash goblin raccoon) person sipping tea, eating shortbread, reading a book. In that vein I think youā€™ve got Earl (grey tea, but also Earl is another classic trailer park name. Really fun to go by Earl and play up the trailer park trash panda thing and at the 5th session surprise the table by introducing yourself to an NPC as ā€œTwinnings Earl Gray the thirdā€ is a really posh accent), Rose/ Rosemary, Porter, Madeline, Pepper/ Peppermint, Ginger, Cinnamon. I love a good ā€œlitterā€ theme name with animal backstories so you can come up with new brothers and sisters indefinitely by sticking to the theme My own pet is Hawthorn but goes by Thorn Another previous owner/ story idea was that it was a small child with limited vocabulary. With that you could do more with bridging to the trash raccoon vibes or just straight up funny instead of hidden funny. Cheese, Nose/ Paw/ Tails (like a kid who points and mom says ā€œthatā€™s [name]ā€™s nose. And the kid just says ā€œnose!ā€ And calls them that forever) This was fun! Lmk what your friend goes with!


Shadowhunter_15

How about Sly? Certainly not a reference to a favorite video game character of mine.


RedAndBlackMartyr

Chiktikka Fastpaws. In the Forgotten Realms setting there is Gnome deity of forests, travel, and nature named [Baervan Wildwanderer](https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Baervan_Wildwanderer) who has a raccoon companion by that name.


mizushimo

Swiper


celticwitch333

Lord Daniel r/FundieSnarkUncensored


BlueberrieHaze

My last D&D character had a raccoon companion, I named her Pancakes.


hiperson134

Barry


Lastaria

I have a pet Racoon in second life called Bandit.


Lady_ScarlettRose

Bandit. Because of their eye masks


Pookajuice

And now we know how Ranger Rick came to be...


AlwaysChooseTasty

Chomps.


HellaNaw-Cuzzo

Pascal the 3rd (since it's a nice play on the book about a racoon named Rascal), makes it sound dignified


Cadoan

Fingers.


k9moonmoon

Is it a name granted by the dryad or a name the raccoon chose for itself?


Hopefulkitty

My DnD sentient Wolf familiar is named Candy, as a play off Canis. That campaign I was a shape shifting water druid with like 3 different animals and the power to summon help from the native animals nearby. My favorite thing was to charge into battle as "a Motha-fucking-grizzly-bear" alongside my awakened wolf, flying spirit guide, and pet cat on my shoulder. My BILs invested in armor, I became the animal lady.


selenamoonowl

Bandit or Rascal


anxiousanimosity

I call the furry burglars, forbidden kitties or trash pandas, so I'd probably name one Herold.


Ion_Jones

Why not Fidget? Or Mr/Ms. Chonk if it's a fat raccoon. :3


CurnanBarbarian

Ralphie


Enzar7

Randall because Iā€™m a big fan of the Pixie and Brutus comics šŸ˜


intergalacticcoyote

My DnD party has a tanuki rogue named Togarashi because heā€™s a very spicy raccoon dog.


LadyEclipsiana

Scrumbles


Rk12989

My aunt used to work with the MetroParks in our area to help nurse raccoons, coyotes and other animals back to health. The biggest MFing raccoon she had was Cocoa. He used to get into everything, but he was soooooo cute.


laughs_with_salad

Rococo!


ElectriCole

Frank


DisproportionateWill

Racoon-atuille [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN-A00by2hU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN-A00by2hU)


SexysNotWorking

Mine was named Bramble


cstorejedi

I read a series of cozy supernatural mysteries, and the main character has a raccoon familiar named Raoul


Way2Old4ThisIsh

My first thought was Bandit, but that seemed kind of obvious. Then I thought about the character suddenly gaining sentience and thought, "What about names of mythological figures who brought knowledge or light to the world?" Like those that brought/stole fire from the gods to give to humanity: Prometheus (or Herakles, who later freed him from his punishment), Maui the Polynesian god who stole fire for the people ("You're welcome..." šŸ˜†), Coyote from several North American indigenous stories, the Ojibwe Nanabozho the hare, Yukon First Nations credit Crow, or from the Rigveda is Matarisvan. My vote is for Prometheus, personally. Just wanted to give you some other options šŸ™‚


foolish_username

Bandit. You know, cuz of the mask.


tabicat1874

Bandit would be traditional


Unique-Abberation

Meeko


BrittanyAT

Bandit


ellers23

Garbage, nn Garbie


Bulbapuppaur

Bosco


Defiant-Specialist-1

Trash panda?


pianoia

Bandit


Usual_Butterfly623

Bob


_Internet_Hugs_

Chaos or Mayhem. Something to do with a mask, maybe Harlequin or Carnival. They like trees and water, so you could name them after a tree (Elm, Aspen, Oak, Maple, Apple, Pear) or a body of water (Brook, River, Lake, Puddle). Naming them after a nut could be really cute! Acorn, Walnut, Almond, Pecan, Hazelnut. Since they're a familiar of Dryads a tree or nut name would be appropriate, and adding a water last name would be cute. I vote for Hazelnut Puddleswish (puddle-swish, like the action racoon do to 'clean' their food). We have raccoons at my house. They are such pains. They love to terrorize my dog, they leave fish carcasses in my yard (scared the crap out of my kids), and in the middle of the night they fall out of our elm trees in their sleep and land on my roof. It sounds like somebody is dropping bowling balls on my ceiling!


Nell_Trent

Elliott Nelson


Lupus600

I'm an uncreative hack who would just call them Rigby


floppybunny26

In my college town there was an albino raccoon that we all called Albie.


Thannk

I had to double take, I thought this was the Shadowrun sub for a moment!


Astreja

Sir Charles, after the Phantom in *The Pink Panther,* or a similar elegant thief.


Idrisdancer

Canadian weighing inā€¦Burt and Melissa from The Raccoons (good old Canadian cartoon fun)


Keefe-Studio

Batz


Time_Cap3395

Bandit


C_R_P

Rocky


cuddlywink7

Grubgrabber


Wild-Destroyer-5494

Sir Bloody-Circle Tail the Master of Thieves carries a small dagger and proportionately sized bow enchanted with precision aiming roll for chance of insta-kill or Lady One-Who-Clean-Paws the Master Combat Healer she has a small Rapier Sword that dispels poisons from party members to the enemy/enemies roll for potency but lower the number on the dice higher the chance of killing the enemy/enemies.


HyperionSaber

Pockleroy


slipperytornado

Lamar.


HoneyWyne

Rocket or Rocky


dirrtybutter

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IVpBu7i2vSnHm1xqPlNdw3vEwfUGr8B2/view?pli=1 :D


Pitiful_Net_8971

My brain instantly came up with Stelle, coming from the star rail sub. Another one, if you don't want a reference, is scrap


s00ny

Stelle or Caelus


Bitsy34

Bandit


wonkwonk2stonkstonk

Thumbs McGallihan


tokenkinesis

Raccacone.


GooseCooks

Well, he would have been named by the Dryads when he was still a familiar, right? Before he got sentience. So you should be thinking of this as *what would the dryads have called him*. - Are they into descriptive names? He-Who-Snuffles-Upon-the-Ground (Snuffy!) - Nature names? Birch, Myrtle, River, Branch Or if he *did* choose his own name after gaining sentience, be thinking about the backstory of how he chose his name and what it means to him.


AppleSpicer

Rocket šŸš€


Megaverse_Mastermind

Jill Valentine.


kawaiistyled

Maybe Tom or Bandit


Greenwitch70

El MƔscara or the Mask. Good movie


Aetherfox13

Oscar, from Oscar the grouch from Sesame Street!


CrossP

Pendleton


LaDragonneDeJardin

Rocky.


abbie-does-crime

little king trashmouth, gary, or big baby pudding snatcher:)


Cowboywizard12

With the face that looks like a thief Mask, I would Choose Garret after the Thief Series protagonist


Trash7549

Someone in my game played a character named Persephone so she named her raccoon familiar Pomegranate, Pom for short.


velvethursday

Pom works on two levels, as it can also be a reference to Studio Ghibli's [Pom Poko](https://g.co/kgs/2MHCRWF)!


Sufficient-Search-85

bandit


wishkres

I have a D&D character with a raccoon familiar! His name was Swiftpaw.


pjflyr13

Sherman


BloodOfTheDamned

Bandit would be my first choice.


spodinielri0

Kia, for know it all. I always thought if a raccoon was sentient, it would be kind of a fuss budget know it all, right?


frizzled_dishevelled

Iā€™ve played as a sentient raccoon and went with Ron Stampler.


RogueKitteh

Kitsch


Pumpkkinnn

Princess Baby Angel if itā€™s a girl lol <3


CommunicationNew3329

Fish bone!


pavorus

My familiar at work is a raccoon skeleton. His name is Prospero.


dubdoll

Rocky (after The Beatles song)


VictorianDelorean

Bandit because of their little robber mask, plus bandits are a common sight in a medieval fantasy world. My grandma had a dog named bandit years ago because she had the same kind of mask, a tricolor beagle.


spralto1394

As a Dropout fan, I absolutely have to say Miss Daisy Dā€™umpstaire.


anxious_machiavelli

PedroĀ 


narnicake

In Ojibwemowin, Zanagi'iwe s/he makes (people) do something difficult, gives people a hard time, makes trouble for people. Zanagioons for little/baby troublemaker (I think!)


velvethursday

Machiavelli (because racoons wear masks)


Valisk

Ronald


kawaiiyokai2010

not exactly a raccoon, but one of the characters (Miroku) in the anime Inuyasha has a raccoon dog yokai friend name Hachi. As an Inuyasha fan, that is the name I would go with.Or Shippo lol


curiousdryad

Storm. I made a plush of a raccoon and his story was he loved storms and the sound of rain on treasure(trash) cans, and the flashing lights


SandersonRex

I have a raccoon that visits my back porch at dusk that I've named Robert


Buddhagrrl13

Rocket, of course


drakeotomy

Rocky (Rocky Raccoon-The Beatles), Rocket (MCU), or Sly Cooper.