Spawn Inspired Dog Names

Introduction

Created by the famous comic book artist Todd McFarlane, Spawn is one of the comic books industry's foremost anti heroes and Gothic figures; Spawn's stories are gory, violent, and horrifying, which may not make him the most accessible hero for younger audiences, but the idea of justice conquering evil nevertheless beats at the heart of this character. Al Simmons was one of the CIA's top assassins, and he made a name for himself after racking up a massive body count of confirmed kills. But after Al inadvertently stepped on the wrong toes of one of his higher ups, Jason Wynn placed a hit on Al. A hit that Al's close friend Bruce Stinson, aka Chapel, eagerly picked up. Trapping all in a blazing inferno, Simmon's soul was sent straight to Hell, where he was reborn as a Hellspawn purposed to lead the armies of the damned against Heaven. But Al rejected that purpose, as has since used his demonic powers to fight crime and legions of Hell.

Spawn Inspired Dog Names In Pop Culture

Featured Famous Spawn Dog

Spaz

Only appearing in the Michael Jai White led 1997 live, feature film adaptation of the Spawn's comic book series, Spaz is the amiable dog owned by Al Simmons that appears throughout the film. Strangely enough, it was quite common during this time for films to feature dogs being placed in positions of peril or performing incredible feats that are well beyond the ability of the average canine (and sometimes, well beyond the ability of the average human.) Movies like Independence Day featured a dog outrunning a fast moving, high velocity fireball while the Air Bud films featured a Labrador winning a basketball competition for a team of downtrodden youths.

The 1997 Spawn film's Spaz had an opportunity to do a bit of both throughout the movie's ninety six minute long run time. Spaz's earlier scenes in the film start off quite tame in comparison; the dog who portrayed Spaz was initially instructed to simply walk from one marker to another, lick the faces of various actors, and follow certain characters around during certain scenes. Pretty standard directions for a movie dog to follow thus far (indeed, most movie dogs' trainers are on set to help coach the dog through certain scenes off screen.) This was done on purpose, as the people behind the scenes of the 1997 Spawn film wanted to make certain that they were in compliance with the laws regarding the health and safety of animal actors in cinema.

For the most part, most of Spaz's scenes were intentionally planned out to be low energy, low intensity sequences. However, the actor who portrayed Spaz really got on opportunity to shine during a scene occurs at the mid point of the movie. During this pivotal sequence, Spawn faces off against the Violator for the first time in the dark and destitute alleyway that much of the film has taken place in, up until this point.

Having tracked down Al Simmons, the Violator initially displays his typically whimsical, if not obnoxious, demeanor. The Violator starts off by taunting Spawn, as per the usual, while also attempting to coerce Al into submitting to the will of Malebolgia. Visibly annoyed, Spawn rejects the Violator's advances and even mocks his iconic Clown visage. This is where Spaz comes into play; distracted by Spawn's remarks, the Violator fails to notice Spaz in his vicinity, until the small dog sneaks up on him and urinates on his foot. Angered further, the Violator lifts up Spaz and attempts to crush him with his bare hands. Al quickly uses a firearm to knock down the Clown, allowing Spaz to escape. Fed up, the Violator transforms into his true, demonic form and assails Spawn. Caught of guard, Spawn is trapped in the Violator's vice like grip until Spaz returns and bites the demon in the Achilles tendon. Spaz's contributions to this scene end when he is, unfortunately, kicked off screen but the actor who portrayed him did a marvelous job in such an action intensive scene.

Spawn Inspired Dog Name Considerations

Like with any great long standing comic book series, the Spawn comics would never have achieved world wide fame were it not the the engrossing characters that have populated the franchise's pages. Having been established in the 1990's, the characters who inhabit Spawn's universe were created during the Dark Age of comic books; this is the decade, after all, in which Superman died and Deadpool was born. The comic book characters of this time were dark and cynical, and the characters from Spawn's universe are no different. However, many have them have continued to endure because they were able to surpass the excessive amounts of angst that had otherwise consumed other characters created during this time. Spawn, Angela, Sam, and Twitch may come off as rude, rash jerks, but they each have heroic hearts deep down inside. And their cynically tempered idealism has spoken to millions of comic fans across the globe. Fans of the series may choose a dog name based on their pup's character, whether they be serious and quiet or comical and outgoing.

The Spawn franchise also has been responsible for producing some of the most instantly recognizable panels and splash pages in comic book history. Spawn's sentient black, white, and green bodysuit coupled with his iconic living, weaponized cape, are among some of the most easily recognizable pieces of paraphernalia in all of contemporary fiction, alongside Iron Man's suit of Captain America's shield. A dog with a dark coat may suit a Spawn name. As well, the name Spaz could be just the fit for a canine who likes to dart around the home.

Male Spawn Inspired Dog Names

Votes	Name	Vote
0	Spaz Al Simmons' dog in the 1997 Spawn film
0	Albert Spawn's first, human name
0	Francis Albert Simmons' middle name
0	Simmons Spawn's last name when still mortal
0	Al The more frequently used, abbreviated version of Albert's name
0	Spawn The titular anti hero and star of Todd McFarlane's comics
0	Violator Based off of the demon who constantly haunted Spawn in his early days
0	Vindicator One of the Violator's brothers who lives in the 8th Circle of Hell
0	Vandalizer The largest of the Phlebiac Brothers who tries to lead the pack
0	Vaporizer Another member of the Phlebiac Brothers
0	Malebolgia The main antagonist of the first 100 issues of Spawn
0	Jason Taken from Al's former boss, Jason Wynn
0	Wynn The last name of Al Simmons' former boss
0	Redeemer Jason Wynn was the first Redeemer, but there have been others after him
0	Sam The first name of a gruff but good detective who's on Spawn's trail
0	Burke Sam's last name
0	Twitch Sam's lanky, eccentric partner
0	Maximilion Twitch's actual first name
0	Steven One of Twitch's middle names
0	Williams Twitch's last name; his full name is Maximilion Steven Percival Williams III
0	Cogliostro Spawn's mentor and a former servant of Hell who left on his own terms
0	Nicholas Cogliostro's fist name
0	Terry Al Simmons' best friend who married the former's wife after he died
0	Fitzgerald Terry's (and later, Wanda's) last name
0	Bruce The first name of another of Spawn's close friends before he was murdered
0	Stinson Bruce's last name
0	Chapel Bruce's alias; Chapel was actually the one who murdered Spawn
0	Mammon One of the series' major antagonist and a powerful demon
0	Overtkill A super powered cyborg that Spawn faced off against early on
0	Mike A character who was secretly the Archangel Micheal in disguise

Female Spawn Inspired Dog Names

Votes	Name	Vote
0	Wanda Al's former wife who married Terry after Al's death
0	Angela An angelic heroine who became a friend of Spawn's
0	Cyan Wanda and Terry's daughter
0	Blake Wanda's last name before she married Al or Terry
0	Granny A reference to Granny Blake, Wanda's mother and one of Al's guides
0	Carrie The first name of a young witch that Spawn rescues
0	Ann The second part of Carrie's name
0	Nyx Carrie Ann's alter ego
0	Lisa An assassin from the east who falls for Spawn
0	Wu Lisa's last name
0	Theresa The first name of the actress who portrayed Wanda in the 1997 film
0	Jessica The first name of one of Jason Wynn's top assassins
0	Priest Jessica's last name
0	Melinda The first name of the actress who played Jessica Priest in the film
0	Clarke Melinda Clarke's last name
0	Syndi The first name of the young actress who payed Cyan in the film
0	Beaudoin The last name of Cyan's cinematic actress
0	Gabrielle The angel who holds the position of Director of Terran Affairs in the comics
0	Kimberly An anorexic woman who Billy Kincaid encounters in Spawn #8
0	Kim The shorter version of Kimberly's first name
0	Anahita Another female warrior from Angela's order
0	Gaia The Greek Earth titan who appears in Curse of The Spawn Vol. 1 20
0	Sherlee A seven year old little girl who was sadly murdered by Billy Kincaid
0	Ursula The name of a woman who possessed a dark secret
0	Lamia The name of the monstrous species Ursula was a member of
0	Callindra A 200 year old angel who acts as a lawyer for her kind
0	Kuan A friend of Angela's and Anahita's who's also an angelic bounty hunter
0	Yin The second half of Kuan's name
0	Surielle An angel who tried to arrest Angela in the first issue of the latter's series
0	K7-Leetha The name of Spawn's parasitic and conscious suit