Name this Panda

by Meg on January 29, 2007

In fact, don’t just name this panda, name ALL EIGHTEEN BEBEH pan-pan cubs in a Name a Giant Panda contest put on by the Research and Conservation Center for Giant Pandas. ChinaDaily.com.cn is collecting name submissions until February 5.

May I suggest: "’Tock ‘Tock"? (Will you puh-lease check out bebeh panda #13 below)

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Pandafix, THE place to snort panda photos, told us about this breaking panda news. [bowing head in thanks] Oh, and Pandafix is the only place on teh InterWebs with a category called "Panda Lovemaking." And you thought I was weird.

{ 125 comments }

1 Theo 01.29.07 at 4:44 pm

[singsong]
Oh MusicChickTwooooo….

2 Betty 01.29.07 at 4:44 pm

Very, very cute!

3 PuppyMomma 01.29.07 at 4:46 pm

Sleepy, Happy, Grumpy, Dopey, Sneezy, Bashful, Doc, Fluffy, Flippy, Roly, Poly, Flaily……

4 Daisycat 01.29.07 at 4:49 pm

too. moishe. panda. what are you trying to do to meee???? oh lawd. I wanna steal #11 and snorgle him like he’s never been snorgled befo. can you imagine the insanity that would ensue?

5 Teri 01.29.07 at 4:50 pm

Perhaps we can swipe names straight out of the CO glossary?

Tocks
Anerable
Redonk
etc, etc.

But not Nuff or any of it’s variations. Nuff does not suit the Pandas.

6 The Honourable Gladys Anstruther 01.29.07 at 4:51 pm

Gah! I wants them all.
DORIS MORRIS FLO GLAD ELSIE ARNOLD BURT GUZZLER ERNEST BILL STUPID PERVERT FLUFF BUM SIDNEY BOOZER

7 Theo 01.29.07 at 4:54 pm

Teri — LOL! How about:
“Bleen”
“Dream Office”
“Earworm”
“First Post”
“Knitting Rabies”
“Photoshopped”

…etc etc etc

8 ceejoe 01.29.07 at 4:54 pm

omg, lookit that liddle tail-io…

9 Denita TwoDragons 01.29.07 at 4:55 pm

Name them after major international cities…? Like Berlin, London, Tokyo, Paris, Rome, Ontario, etc.

Or you could name them after all the things in chocolate that make it so yummy: Sugar, Caffeine, Theobromine, Anandamide, Tryptophan, Phenylethylamine…*grin*

–TwoDragons

10 Theo 01.29.07 at 4:55 pm

THGA — d00d. Lemme get you a Bushmills.

11 Theo 01.29.07 at 4:56 pm

D2D — I kinda like your ninth suggestion there. Maybe for cub #9?

12 Teri 01.29.07 at 4:57 pm

Theo: LOL!!!!!

Anh!
Baroo?
Barfing Rainbow
Kronsche

13 Daisycat 01.29.07 at 5:01 pm

i would totally name a panda “kronshe”….LOL

14 shanchan 01.29.07 at 5:07 pm

Number 12 is mine. MINE I tell you!!

15 Peg of Tilling 01.29.07 at 5:07 pm

How can that panda cling to the wall like that???

Oh. Nevermind.

16 sidney 01.29.07 at 5:08 pm

I fell in love with pandas after the birth of Tai Shan. What wonderful creatures they are.

17 Tracy M. 01.29.07 at 5:09 pm

The insane cuteness is more than I can stand and now I must pass out.

*THUD*

18 Redzilla 01.29.07 at 5:09 pm

…Flopsy, Mopsy, Topsy, Dropsy, Popsy, oh, and Lasagna.

19 Heather S. 01.29.07 at 5:11 pm

I submitted mine!
I reinforced the name “Tock Tock” for no. 13 but I also used sneezles for one of them and Yawnie for another.

20 jenn 01.29.07 at 5:12 pm

Why can’t I have one? I want one and I want it NOW!!!!!!!! (channeling Veruca Salt (sp?) and attempting to unleash the inner demon who desperately wants a panda).

Okay, whew. That was close. I would also like to add furbrow, belleh, chub, eye capsule, paw pad, and of course ehn. Which is very close to ahn but not too close.

21 Theo 01.29.07 at 5:14 pm

Jenn — here, I’ve got some gum for you to try. It’s blueberry.
;)

22 Pheas 01.29.07 at 5:16 pm

The CO dictionary totally has it covered.

Enh-Enh
Anh-Anh
Squee
Paws-Up
Five-Head

23 Theo 01.29.07 at 5:18 pm

Those aren’t bad, Pheas… but I think you’re looking at a different Glossary than I am.

24 Stephanie C. 01.29.07 at 5:19 pm

Is it wrong to want to squeeeeeeze all the bebeh pandas? They have to be the cuddliest creatures on earth.

25 Theo 01.29.07 at 5:22 pm

How could that be wrong, Stephanie? (…then we don’t wanna be right!)

26 Theo 01.29.07 at 5:33 pm

…oh, and RedZ — LOL @ “Dropsy”

27 jaypo 01.29.07 at 5:34 pm

[beep] X 15

A friend sent me this last week! The descrips of the bebehs’ personalities are so adorable.

28 jaypo 01.29.07 at 5:35 pm

sorry, pandies 16-18, didn’t see you there…!

[beep][beep][beep]

29 Miz Shoes 01.29.07 at 5:42 pm

SQUUUUUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

Fuzzbutt
Beh-Beh
Tock-Tock
Paw-Paw (aka 2 paws up)
Faff-Faff
Fuffy
Beezer
Ehn-Ehn
Ko-ko
Petunia
Mo-Ma
Bao-Bao
Bai-Ling
Nyuk-Nyuk-Nyuk

30 Angela P. 01.29.07 at 5:42 pm

If one of these is the baby from the sneezing panda video, then they should name it Choo!

31 kk 01.29.07 at 5:43 pm

I so totally want #15! And #2 & #11! I’d name #15 Dreamy, #2 Yeller and #11 Squee!!

32 Theo 01.29.07 at 5:43 pm

I want to name one of ‘em “Falun Gong” … but then again I’m a smartass.

33 Subhangi 01.29.07 at 5:48 pm

DAMMIT. First I see these 18 lil’ heartbreakers on MusicChick2’s vox, and splode my head, and now here too. Dammit dammit da-
*SPLODE*

Oh and here are my names
Goopoog
Bepping
Forglie
Pimperal
Hastenk
Babblab
Geeber
Pognome

*shrugs*

My brain’s a mess, man. You just SAW it happen.

34 Daniel 01.29.07 at 5:51 pm

Agh! So cute it makes me a little bit sick. You should check out the China Daily article with the contest, if you haven’t — there are some very nice personality descriptions of each panda’s character. As below, re: No, 18:

“She likes staying with mom, and when people come near them, she will bellow loudly. Cute and interesting.”

35 freetomato 01.29.07 at 5:54 pm

I wanna be the guy in the top photo:

http://cellar.org/iotd.php?threadid=13180

36 musicchick2 01.29.07 at 6:01 pm

Meg, Theo – thank you thank you thank you for posting this. I don’t know if you got it from MY submishe or someone elses. But I’m so happy to see it! *doing the Snoopy happy dance*

By the way, you have to use THIS link in order to get a clickable option to actually submit a name. Enjoy! http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/photo/2007-01/25/content_792519.htm

37 Laurie C 01.29.07 at 6:01 pm

“when people come near them, she will bellow loudly”

I wish it was appropriate for me to bellow loudly when I was unhappy or uncomfortable.

38 Pheas 01.29.07 at 6:05 pm

Theo, I was using my mental CO glossary, culled from hours of obsessive cute-surfing. It’s a gift, albeit apparently one without lucrative career applications.

39 musicchick2 01.29.07 at 6:10 pm

T – well, NOW it IS there. Either I had a glitch, or the drugs are affecting my powers of observation. Sorry for the confusion. PANDA PALOOZA!!

40 musicchick2 01.29.07 at 6:12 pm

#11 on http://www.Pandafix.com “Talk to the hand!” LMAO!!

41 Heather 01.29.07 at 6:12 pm

I submitted the sneezing panda video to cuteoverload, but it was a no-show. Here’s the video if anyone wants to see pahttp://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4545084302565897199&sourceid=searchfeednda cuteness/hilarity:

42 Mel 01.29.07 at 6:14 pm

OMG – they are so cute!
i checked out all the pics and enjoyed every minute.
arent they the cutest at 1 month?

43 jaypo 01.29.07 at 6:15 pm

“It’s a gift, albeit apparently one without lucrative career applications.”

Pheas, you’re not working at the right place… ;-)

http://www.squidgrid.com/cute/Glossary.htm#DreamOffice

44 RevWaldo 01.29.07 at 6:17 pm

Name No. 2 Nick -

================
Lady in Car: What are you gonna name it?

Alison Bradbury: What?

Lady: The baby.

Alison: Well, if it’s a girl, Cynthia, and if it’s a boy, Elliot.

Lady: Those are lovely names.

Walter (Gib) Gibson: Elliot? You’re gonna name the kid Elliot? No, you can’t name the kid Elliot. Elliot is a fat kid with glasses who eats paste. You’re not gonna name the kid Elliot. You gotta give him a real name. Give him a name. Like Nick.

Alison: Nick?

Gib: Yeah, Nick! Nick’s a real name. Nick’s your buddy. Nick’s the kind of guy you can trust, the kind of guy you can drink a beer with, the kind of guy who doesn’t mind if you puke in his car. Nick!
================
– From “The Sure Thing”

45 Theo 01.29.07 at 6:20 pm

MC2 — I updated the link. Thanks.

46 Subhangi 01.29.07 at 6:21 pm

[threadjack]
This video is funny+sad.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=d9QwK5EHSmg
[/threadjack]

47 musicchick2 01.29.07 at 6:24 pm

響亮地發表 = Loud voice for #11 (I got the Chinese from http://www.freetranslation.com)

48 Tiffany 01.29.07 at 6:34 pm

OMFG THAT PANDA IS SO FREEKIN CUTE I JUST WANT TO EAT HIM UP!!!!!

49 Lisa 01.29.07 at 6:42 pm

Oh, my GOD! #13 is so cute he makes my heart hurt! I want to schnorgle him until he makes little panda grunts.

Too much cute!!

50 Hotchick_727 01.29.07 at 6:42 pm

Awwwww that panda is to cute. I love him already and i have never seen him before i want him so bad. i would dump my boyfriend for that LIL’ SEXY BEAST OF GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

51 Louise 01.29.07 at 6:47 pm

Did you see the pictures of #10 as a baby? He looks like he’s on Broadway in picture 2.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/photo/2007-01/25/content_792490.htm

52 Leslie 01.29.07 at 6:51 pm

#17 is in a cheesecake pose, ready for her centerfold photo shoot. She’d be all “come hither” on a bearskin rug if it weren’t politically (polar-itically?) incorrect.

53 greenighs 01.29.07 at 6:54 pm

Oreo! The perfect panda name. Mmmmm … snorgle that sweet creamy middle.

54 Teri 01.29.07 at 7:06 pm

Anh-Anh
Enh-Enh

Best. Panda. Names. EVER

55 Theo 01.29.07 at 7:10 pm

It’d be “Ehn-Ehn” though, if you’re sticking strictly to established Cuteisms.
[dots the "i"]

56 Teri 01.29.07 at 7:18 pm

{sticks out tongue at Theo] I done typed too fast and mixed up where the h and the n were on my keyboard. I did indeed mean Ehn-ehn.

Wait, no…the keyboard shifted my h and n keys around! Yeah, that’s it……

57 Theo 01.29.07 at 7:19 pm

I’ve had my mocha. Monday has no power over me.
;)

58 Teri 01.29.07 at 7:22 pm

Hmmm…methinks tis time for me to escape the shackles of my office and head on over to the Second Cup for a verra tasty mug of Vanilla Latte.

VANILLA LATTE!!!! Panda name!

59 Kris, in New England 01.29.07 at 7:23 pm

OK – baby Panda’s, and Panda’s in general, should be made ILLEGAL. They are just TOO cute to be safe for the public.

60 chelsea 01.29.07 at 7:28 pm

NUMBER TEN IS MINE AND NO ONE CAN STOP ME. I shall name him Buddha.

61 you guys r silly 01.29.07 at 7:32 pm

#12 could be named “Tubbs” because of the little washtub thingy he’s in there… &:o)
ALL of them have little *smiles*…!!! So precious!

62 Redzilla 01.29.07 at 7:38 pm

/threadjack for childhood story relating to Chinese names/
When I was a kid, our church had a Chinese missionary come for a summer. His name was Wing Wong, or at any rate that was the Podunk, Kansas, pronunciation. Capitalizing on his uncertainty in English, the high school kids taught him to say, “Wing Wong plays Ping Pong with his Ding Dong.”
/End threadjack with my apologies/

63 Theo 01.29.07 at 7:41 pm

…in Hong Kong?

64 some guy 01.29.07 at 7:48 pm

One must be named Moon Cake

65 A thinker 01.29.07 at 7:58 pm

I think I would call this one FatButt. Though TockTock would work, as well.

66 you guys r silly 01.29.07 at 8:02 pm

…and in * sing * song. *

67 Theo 01.29.07 at 8:07 pm

YGRS — http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0360717/

(sorry… had to do it)

68 musicchick2 01.29.07 at 8:17 pm

Louise – “Jazz paws??”

69 ezreader 01.29.07 at 8:22 pm

At least one, or maybe the group, should be called Panda Monium. My childhood (stuffed toy) Panda was called the excellent name Philakadusha (as in You’re my Philakdusha, Skinamaroushka… a Jimmy Durante song) * Theo, how DO you stay so witty, tolerant and up on popular culture, I am in awe.

70 Theo 01.29.07 at 8:26 pm

It’s the mocha talking.

(PS — link ’specially for EzReader: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_PuAqRQLKA )

71 Lizzie_the_kitty_lover 01.29.07 at 8:27 pm

Hehehe. Not sure about the others but just ’cause it’s number 13, I’d suggest(for no. 13, doy)Lucky. Hehe. ^-^

72 Jackie 01.29.07 at 8:27 pm

Too cute… can’t breathe…losing..eh.
oxyg….

73 Lizzie_the_kitty_lover 01.29.07 at 8:33 pm

What is WITH no.11, man? O_O that is just horrible. Lol.

74 Lizzie_the_kitty_lover 01.29.07 at 8:34 pm

Oo! And maybe number 12 could be Bafftime(Baff for short)*gigglesnort*. It kinda looks like it’s havin’ a bath in thar.

75 marie 01.29.07 at 8:39 pm

#16, “Bits” as in panda bits.

76 kbo 01.29.07 at 8:40 pm

I think number 10’s funny tail action, with all that transparent fuzz sticking out, really deserves a mention. SO CUTE.

77 kbo 01.29.07 at 8:56 pm

oops, i meant #13. i was overcome by the fuzziness.

78 Kay 01.29.07 at 9:13 pm

I am beyond jealous of the karma-blessed staff of the RCCGP.

79 Michele 01.29.07 at 9:19 pm

number 10 needs to be called Bubba

80 newlee 01.29.07 at 9:31 pm

you’re all delusional. quite clearly their names should be:

newlee’s sweet huggy-kissybunchy; newlee’s delicious snugglemuffin; newlee’s happy honeyfloof; newlee’s silly snorglepie

and so on….

i already bought ID bracelets for them.

81 bats 01.29.07 at 9:47 pm

Oh, man, how sad is THAT? #13 was found ABANDONED by its mother!!!

82 indigo reiki 01.29.07 at 9:58 pm

OMG….
Paws,
Ears,
Snoot,
Tongue,
‘tock,
Beleh and
tiny tail stubage
X 18 = More cuteness than I can stand in one day.

83 CG 01.29.07 at 10:00 pm

11 looks like he’s just been told the funniest joke ever, and 12 CLEARLY knows he’s gonna show up on CO: belleh, paws up in ‘wazzup’ mode, fuzziness, ear-to head, etc.

84 Michelle 01.29.07 at 10:00 pm

my head exploded in glee

85 Natalie 01.29.07 at 10:11 pm

LOL I absolutely LOVE number 12 being weighed.

She looks all “Yaaaaaaaaaaaay weighing tiiiiiiiiime!”

Number 11 playing peekaboo’s pretty irresistable too. ;)

86 chelonianmobile 01.29.07 at 10:11 pm

I’d suggest “Arloest” but I doubt anyone here but me would get it, and I’m not linking to a comic that gruesome on a family forum. That and, considering what happened to her, it’s probably a bad omen.

*goes back to squeeing*

Well, “Fluffy” became cliche for a good reason, so maybe that?

87 Natalie 01.29.07 at 10:13 pm

P.S. This TRULY brings “cute overload” to an all new level of overload. Srsly.

88 JCB 01.29.07 at 10:16 pm

The Pandas should be given American TV names:

Mr. Belding
Slater
Kelly Kapowski
Mr. Eddie’s Father
Chief Wiggum
Potsie
Opie
Herman Munster
Matlock
MacGuyver
Counselor Troi
Punky the Brewster
Balki Bartokamus
Urkel
Re-Run
Jimmy JJ
Sanford-n-son

89 marsheeeee 01.29.07 at 10:31 pm

Adorable, except aren’t some of them a little young to be taken from their Moms?

90 TanksMommy 01.29.07 at 10:38 pm

I want to reach through the computer screen and squeeze them all to pieces! Baby pandas…to cute for the world! Epitome of cuteness!

91 fifi 01.29.07 at 10:53 pm

not that anyone cares, but this brought back to me how I first came in contact w/ co last winter, via some time spent surfing or pictures of cute pandas. Ah, the circle of life.

92 zhi_shan 01.29.07 at 11:33 pm

I spent four months in China and got to visit this panda reserve–my head nearly exploded while I was there. Marsheee, according to the workers there, when the pandas are first born, the mothers will often just ignore them. Don’t know why, but the workers were speculating that that was another reason why pandas are so endangered, because there’s some instinct missing to immediately protect their young. So when the pandas are born, they are usually taken to a ‘nursery’ and cared for by humans. I didn’t really understand the process by which they are returned to their mothers later (my Chinese isn’t that great). So anyways, yeah, these guys are quintessential cuteoverload.

93 Sharon 01.29.07 at 11:41 pm

I name number 12 Cutie McSpanker Pants!

94 katherine 01.30.07 at 12:26 am

’s not fair, they have 18 pandas and I don’t even have one.

95 Aoide 01.30.07 at 12:45 am

Hmmm….

Ichigo, Rukia, Uryu, Orihime, Tatsuke, Yuzu, Karin, Mamoru, Ami, Rei, Makoto, Minako, Setsuna, Michiru, Haruka, Yamato, Sakura, Tomoyo, Rika, Li, Touya, Yukito, Naoko….yeah, I could name so very many names here. Don’t ask. Free cookies to whoever can tell me where these names are from.

96 Sam 01.30.07 at 1:51 am

I just imploded (it’s tidier than explosion).

This is TOO. MUCH.

I like No. 11 — he looks like he’s been having a good time since the womb.

97 Fable 01.30.07 at 1:54 am

well actually if you mention it…number 16 too…

98 Fable 01.30.07 at 1:56 am

Poor number 13 alone in its little bed…at least it is sleeping!

99 Fable 01.30.07 at 2:45 am

oh is it a panda “focus” group…oh thats whyyyyy they all look the same!

100 Fable 01.30.07 at 2:48 am

Me you think i am ze panda…no its him…no him…no him…who are we again?????

101 Anon 01.30.07 at 2:54 am

Aoide,

Sounds like someone’s anime overload encountered their panda overload.

102 Aoide 01.30.07 at 3:19 am

^-^;

Guilty as charged, Anon. You can still try for the free cookies, as can everyone else.

(Hint for those who probably don’t already know- They’re not all from the same anime)

103 Wisaakah 01.30.07 at 3:21 am

I kinda want to name them after sub-atomic particles…

Like the quarks; Up, Down, Strange, Charm…

Oh God. I’m a dork.

104 Anon 01.30.07 at 4:14 am

From all the useless trivia festering in my head, here goes: Bleach, Sailor Moon, and Card Captor Sakura. I can’t believe I actually remember these.

105 Aoide 01.30.07 at 4:43 am

And the grand prize goes to Anon! I present to you this basket of cookies. *gives basket o’ cookies*

106 holli 01.30.07 at 7:59 am

I want to name all of them tiny baby chicken fluff fluffs. And I’ve already asked if I could bring one home. It would sleep with me (and get a tiny baby pillow of it’s own, although I would cuddle with it every night). I don’t see how there is any way I could be denied, unless the Chinese just hate me. Which really is uncalled for.

107 The Honourable Gladys Anstruther 01.30.07 at 9:28 am

Howzabout calling one of em lowest common denominator. As in panda-ing to the lowest common denominator. Yuk. Yuk.

108 JudeW 01.30.07 at 9:53 am

I do like ‘Tock Tock’! ;o)

109 pyrit 01.30.07 at 2:12 pm

The Chinese are trying to bamboozle us!
It wont work! I will not be tricked into losing one more entire day thinking of roly-poly-fuzzy-black & white names! Nooo!
I am done with Snoopy, Eddie Munster, soccer ball, Twinkie, Pepe Le Pew, Shamu, checkers, KISS, Pingu, spats, Oreo, Chaplin, Tux, Cruella, Adidas, Snow White, and my two faves, Jolly Roger and Black Pearrrrlll.

110 pyrit 01.30.07 at 2:13 pm

“Tock-Tock” – DEF.

111 Theo 01.30.07 at 2:53 pm

Mr. Gladys — I like it, except… people would inevitably shorten it to something like “Low” or even “LCD”. Of course, this conjures images in my head of a little bear who sits yoga-style on my desk. We’d have staring contests. He’d always win but I wouldn’t mind… [hopelessly lost]

112 ezreader 01.30.07 at 4:18 pm

Thanks, Theo, that video is outtasite! Far out, Man…

113 Daniel 01.30.07 at 4:59 pm

Ok, #11…that is just not fair. That thing is a stuffed animal, right? That’s totally redonk.

Oh…and Oreo is the best Panda name EVAR.

114 Marla 01.30.07 at 5:54 pm

“Features: he was found in the wild in Baoxing, abandoned by his mother. He has a wide and round mouth, is a little bit introverted and falls asleep easily.”

Note to self: Keep eyes open whenever in the wild as there may be baby pandas scattered about.

Also, note: baby pandas may be rather like current husbands.

Suggested names:

1. Cute
2. Cuter
3. Cuterer
4. Cutererer
5-18 (etc.)

115 Theo 01.30.07 at 5:56 pm

Marla — er, you’re saying you have 18 current husbands scattered about??!

116 Stephanie C. 01.30.07 at 7:19 pm

Re: zhi shan’s post about the panda reserve…what a job! Panda snorgler!! I can’t imagine how much fun it would be to play with bebeh pandas all day long. Of course, I would get attached to them, and want to take them home…

117 kittymomma333 01.30.07 at 7:33 pm

These pictures could quite possible bring about world peace.

118 you guys r silly 01.30.07 at 9:41 pm

Teho —- heh-heh-heh…just saw the King Kong link up above …
&:o)

119 Jonathan Rivera 01.31.07 at 7:29 am

Panda Names:
Kodak
Po-cute-pine
Rice
Chubawanga
Sensei
Zoom-Zoom
Seraphin

120 HeidStar 01.31.07 at 8:07 pm

Hey, did anyone else play “follow the links” and see the photo of #11 at one day old??? OM(effin)G! Pandas are practically microscopic when newborn! Maybe panda mums just get a little distracted, “…ooh, nice bamboo!…” and forget the bebehs exist.

And #15 should be called Tie-tie.

121 Brak_Silverbone 02.01.07 at 1:34 am

Aoide?

The manga/anime BLEACH, right?

122 Brak_Silverbone 02.01.07 at 1:35 am

Oh, and I think all the pandas should be named Snurfle McSnurflesons. Simply because a few too many brain cells have been killed by their uber-cuteness for me to think of 18 different names.

123 House of Mayhem 02.01.07 at 5:51 pm

HONK-SHU!

124 Johnny Poopwater 02.02.07 at 5:11 pm

I think the name is obvious: STEPHEN COLBERT for all of them.

125 Jessica 02.06.07 at 10:27 pm

Hey guys I just wanted to share this video on China’s Panda Conservation Center: http://travelistic.com/video/show/2229

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