r/Invincible • u/Lukas-Reggi Ember • Apr 24 '24

Ok but why adding "the alien" into the name when like half of the characters are aliens? DISCUSSION

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u/beardownbara Apr 24 '24

Play on words. “Allen” sounds and looks a lot like “alien”.

Alliteration is fun

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u/Locem Apr 24 '24

Took me a shameful amount of time to realize Multi-paul was word play on multiple.

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u/beardownbara Apr 24 '24

Ready to have your mind blown again? Duplikate… is duplicate!

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u/Locem Apr 24 '24

Yea I had caught that one, dunno why Paul eluded me until recently.

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u/mad_laddie Apr 25 '24

Probably cuz "Paul" and "-ple" sound different.