{"id":1397672,"date":"2019-01-08T11:00:50","date_gmt":"2019-01-08T16:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/community.sparknotes.com\/?p=1397672"},"modified":"2019-01-07T23:54:34","modified_gmt":"2019-01-08T04:54:34","slug":"50-rejected-nicknames-for-harry-potter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/50-rejected-nicknames-for-harry-potter\/","title":{"rendered":"50 Rejected Nicknames for Harry Potter"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As nicknames go, “The Boy Who Lived” seems \u00a0like a no-brainer. But just as Sean Parker had to tell Mark Zuckerberg to drop the “the,” lest he doom us to a world where people say “The Facebook” unironically, I’m betting it took wizards a couple of tries to get it right. Here’s everything I feel like they definitely considered before they settled on “The Boy Who Lived,” and, later on, “The Chosen One.”<\/p>\n

1. The Boy Who Didn’t Die
\n2. The Boy Who Death Forgot
\n3. Harry Potter the Inexplicable
\n4. Harry Potter the Unlikely
\n5. The Slayer
\n6. Harry \u201cThe Valkyrie\u201d Potter
\n7. Harry \u201cIce Heart\u201d Potter
\n8. Harry \u201cMad Dog\u201d Potter
\n9. Undesirable No. 78
\n10. The Scourge of God
\n11. The Last Potter
\n12. The Chosen Dude
\n13. The Undying One
\n14. Deathwalker
\n15. Scarface
\n16. The Lion of the West
\n17. The Foretold
\n18. Snake-talker
\n19. The Unchosen One
\n20. High King of Godric’s Hollow
\n21. Harry Potter, Breaker of Horses
\n22. The Lion-Hearted
\n23. The Curse of Men
\n24. Bringer of Death
\n25. The Green-Eyed Monster
\n26. The Iron Seeker
\n27. The British Charlemagne
\n28. Harry \u201cOld Hickory\u201d Potter
\n29. Harry \u201cThe Swamp Fox\u201d Potter
\n30. Harry Potter the Benevolent
\n31. Harry Potter the Invincible
\n32. The Sword of Gryffindor
\n33. The Lightning Bolt Scar Guy
\n34. Your Grace
\n35. Thunderfist
\n36. Gunslinger
\n37. Harry the Pious
\n38. Harry the Accursed
\n39. Harry the Hairy
\n40. The Anointed One
\n41. The Apex Predator
\n42. The Prince of Chaos
\n43. Harry Potter, son of James Potter, son of Fleamont Potter, son of Henry Potter, son of\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6
\n44. Shepherd of the People
\n45. The Mockingjay
\n46. Prongs the Younger
\n47. \u00a0Horcrux #7
\n48. The Real Roonil Wazlib
\n49. The Boy Who Shouldn’t Have \u00a0Anything About His Life Explained to Him, Ever
\n50. Harold<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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