Pacific Rim Inspired Dog Names

Introduction

Pacific Rim is a love letter from Guillermo Del Toro, the director of Hellboy, Pan's Labyrinth, and The Shape of Water, to giant mecha animes such as Gundam, Mazinger, and Voltron, and giant monster films such as Godzilla and King Kong. The movie centers around humanity's attempt to defend earth from a race of hostile, gigantic monsters called Kaiju (which is Japanese for the words "strange beast") by creating our own enormous, mechanized monsters called Jaegers (which is German for the word "hunters"). Something of a passion project for the cast and crew members of the film, Pacific Rim has since spawned numerous games, comic books, and a sequel that all center around that same conflict of man made monsters fighting alien beasts.

Pacific Rim Dog Names In Pop Culture

Featured Famous Pacific Rim Dog

Max

Max is the reserved Bulldog owned by the Hansen family; he's been their loyal pet for an untold number of years by the time that the first film takes place. Max is such an introverted dog that many fans of the first film may have forgotten that he was around all together. But there's undoubtedly a good reason for Max's stoicism; Max has acted as an emotional middle man (or in this case, an emotional middle dog) for Herc and Chuck Hansen for years.

Herc and Chuck Hansen are the Australian father and son Jaeger team who pilot the dynamic, top of the line mobile weapon known as Striker Eureka. In order for a Jaeger to function properly a minimum of two, mentally compatible pilots need to meld minds with one another via a process called Drifting. As father and son, Herc and Chuck were naturally quite compatible with one another, which made them a devastating, Kaiju fighting duo. However the two gritty Aussies rarely ever displayed any emotions towards one another (possibly to prevent the risk of any emotional tensions dividing them and reducing their combat effectiveness.) So, instead of directly interacting with one another, Chuck and Herc would use Max as their intermediary.

In this vein, Max was more like the distraught child of two angry parents, unwilling relaying passive aggressive comments from one Hansen to another. While Herc and Chuck are two of the best Jaeger pilots in the first film, the difficulty they face directly showing love for one another hinders their relationship as family members. According to Chuck Hansen's actor, Robert Kazinsky, the idea for Max acting as an emotional "conduit" for the Hansen family's emotions was director Guillermo Del Toro's idea; according to Robert Kazinsky, Del Toro had been very keen on having Max take a front seat to the emotional roller coaster that was the Hansen's relationship with one another.

To that end, Max is typically around in most of the scenes that feature the Hansens; Max is first introduced in the film when Raleigh and Mako are touring the Hong Kong Shatterdome (to which Max immediately shows affection to the latter, causing him to receive a belly rub from Mako) and appears again during the scene in the mess hall, where Chuck, Herc, and Raleigh all eat lunch together. Max makes his last appearance in the first film during the final act, where an injured Herc oversees Chuck's and Stacker's final mission from the control room.

Pacific Rim Dog Name Considerations

Despite the first film's focus on the giant monsters attacking the world, the massive robots fighting them, and the humans that pilot them, there are a few animals that play fairly large roles in Pacific Rim. One such animal is a dog named Max, who makes brief but recurring appearances throughout the first film. Max is a bulldog whose coat is mostly white or cream colored with brown spots all over it. Max is quite a quiet and reserved dog, but he's no less friendly and kind once he's realizes that he's in the company of good people. If you're currently caring for a Bulldog, or have plans to, consider naming him Max, after the Pacific Rim dog of the same name. Conversely, if you just have a do with a more reserved and introverted personality, consider naming them Max due to that likeness of mind.

Alternatively, you could name your pet after one of the Kaiju or Jaegers from the series if you think their names would be a good fit. Most of the Kaiju's names are based on mythological monsters or other relevant concepts. The Jaegers, on the other hand, follow a two name system where each has a first name and a last name. So consider both options if you'd like to give your pet a name with some weight.

Male Pacific Rim Dog Names

Votes	Name	Vote
0	Max The Hansen's dog
0	Brawler The first name of the first Jaeger
0	Yukon Inspired by Brawler Yukon
0	Adam The first name of Brawler Yukon's first pilot
0	Casey Captain Adam's last name
0	Coyote Based off the Japanese made Coyote Tango
0	Tango The last name of Stacker Pentecost's Jaeger
0	Stacker The Pan Pacific Defense Corps Marshall played by Idris Elba
0	Pentecost Stacker's very unique last name
0	Stacks One of Stacker's nicknames
0	Crimson Taken after the Mark 4 Chinese Jaeger of the same name
0	Typhoon Crimson Typhoon is piloted by three brothers
0	Cheung One of the brothers who pilots Crimson Typhoon
0	Hu Another of Crimson Typhoon's pilots
0	Jin The last of the Wei Tang Brothers
0	Cherno The bulky Russian Jaeger from the first film
0	Alpha The second part of Cherno's name
0	Aleksis Part of the husband and wife duo who pilot Cherno Alpha
0	Vladivostok Named after a major city in Russia
0	Leatherback The Kaiju who destroyed Cherno Alpha
0	Ragnarok A multi armed Kaiju who attacked Japan in 2016
0	Knifehead The Kaiju who killed Raleigh Becket's brother, Yancy
0	Trespasser The first Kaiju to have emerged from the Breach
0	Raiju A Kaiju that resembles and alligator
0	Scunner One of the Kaiju's encountered at the climax of the first film
0	Raleigh The protagonist of the first film
0	Yancy Raleigh's older brother
0	Newton One of the scientists who studies Kaiju
0	Newt Newton's nickname
0	Hermann Another scientist who studies Kaiju

Female Pacific Rim Dog Names

Votes	Name	Vote
0	Mako Stacker's adoptive daughter
0	Mori Mako Mori pilots Gipsy Danger alongside Raleigh
0	Gipsy The main Jaeger of the first film
0	Danger Gipsy Danger nuclear reactor helped it seal the Breach
0	Striker The high tech Jaeger the Hansens piloted
0	Eureka The last part of Striker's name
0	Angela Herc's wife and Chuck's mother
0	Otachi A flying Kaiju defeated by Gipsy Danger
0	Slattern The biggest Kaiju encountered in the first film
0	Sasha Aleksis' wife and co pilot of Cherno Alpha
0	Amara The girl who built who own Jaeger in Uprising
0	Namani Amara's last name
0	Luna Stacker's sister
0	Viviane Stacker and Luna's mother
0	Caitlin The scientist who pioneered drifting
0	Lightcap Doctor Caitlin's last name
0	Tamsin A friend of Stacker's and Luna's
0	Sevier Tamsin's last name
0	Jules A character from Uprising
0	Reyes Jules' last name
0	Lucky One of the oldest Jaegers ever used
0	Seven Lucky Seven was piloted by Herc and Scott Hansen
0	Victory The Japanese Jaeger who fought Ragnarok
0	Kagiso One of Victory Alpha's pilots
0	Itu Kagiso's co pilot and sister
0	Kaori One of Tacit Ronin's pilots
0	Tacit The first name of a Jaeger who fought Ragnarok
0	Ronin Tacit Ronin successfully bested Ragnarok in the end
0	Dominque Raleigh and Yancy's mother
0	Fang One of Hannibal Chau's female associates