Guide to Pseudonyms

As you know, Pencil 2.O is clearly not an animated show, and far from a show with voice actors. But if we did have a steady cast, we would seriously need to conceal some people's names. Therefore, I have devised a complex system of using pseudonyms. Here are four types of people I'd rename to voice characters.

Note: As of 2018, this page is obsolete for future episodes created by me.

1: People who have died

This seems stupid, but if I could travel back in time to record them in Pencil 2.O roles, I would totally do so.

Renaming Algorithm

• Same number of letters in first name
• Same number of letters in last name
  • For example, Leonora Braham becomes Lxxxxxx (7) Bxxxxx (6), which becomes Lillian Bailey.

Here's the rest of the original cast of The Mikado.

• Sybil Grey (Peep-Bo) → Sxxxx (5) Gxxx (4) → Susan Gray
• Jessie Bond (Pitti-Sing) → Jxxxxx Bxxx → Judith Bell
• Rosina Brandram (Katisha) → Rachel Buchanan
• Durward Lely (Nanki-Poo) → Douglas Long
• Frederick Bovill (Pish-Tush) → Frederick Bailey
• Rutland Barrington (Pooh-Bah) → Robert Blankenship
• George Grossmith (Ko-Ko) → George Gutierrez
• Richard Temple (The Mikado) → Richard Taylor

2: People you know but live far away

The next state or country is a good indicator of a thing like this.

Renaming Algorithm

• Last name letters for first name
• First name letters for last name
  • For example, John Smith would be like Jmith Sohn → Jxxxx (5) Sxxx (4) → James Shaw

I'm doing the living presidents of the United States because it's 23 at night and I got nothing else.

• Jimmy Carter → Jarter Cimmy → Jxxxxx (6) Cxxxx (5) → Joseph Clark
• George Herbert Walker Bush → Gush Trebreh Reklaw Beorge → Gxxx+tr Bxxxxx → Gariter Bailey
• Bill Clinton → Blinton Cill → Brandon Cook
• George Walker Bush → Gary R Bailey → Garry Bailey
• Barack Obama → Brian Obrien

3: People who voice other people

Yes, because people actually do want non-object show-based voice actors to hypothetically voice-act on the show.

You do not have to do this with voice actors big already in the OSC: i.e. Cary/Michael Huang, Adam Katz, Niall Burns, etc.

Renaming Algorithm

• Last name initial for first
• First name initial for last
  • For example, Nina Kealiiwahamana → Kina Nealiiwahamana → Kxxx (4) Nxxxxxxxxxxxxx (>9) → Kara Napolitano
  • Or Harry Potter → Parry Hotter → Pxxxx (5) Hxxxxx (6) → Peter Harris

I'm assuming you don't need those reference points, given I've two examples in the algorithm box. Here is the cast of one of the episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants as their noms de plume.

• Kim Terry (SpongeBob, Fish #40, Narrator, Bert, Jeeves)
• Fred Blankenship (Patrick, Fish #106)
• Bennie Clark (Mr. Krabs, Fish #105)
• Bob Y Davis → Bobby Davis (Clam, Appraiser, Bill, Fish #41)
• Fred Mann (Employee, Bystander, Fish #60)

4: People you know and live nearby

The same state or country is a good indicator of a thing like this.

Renaming Algorithm

• Last name numbers for first
• First name numbers for last
  • For example, Michelle Obama → Obama Michelle → Oxxxx (5) Mxxxxxxx (8) → Olive Martinez

Here are the pseudonymised list of people in one of my school classes:

• Adam Alvarez
• Rosemarie Alvarez
• Robin Amos
• Ellsworth Arnold
• Kendrick Bennett
• Lee Carpenter
• Tranquilino Duncan
• Geoffrey Elmore
• Fannie Green
• Paul Harris
• Susan Johnston
• Bob Jones
• Helen Lambert
• Kim Larson
• Yee Morales
• Marguerite Neal
• Peter Perez
• Henry Rivera
• Oscar Rivera
• Sandra Snyder
• Mason Yeager