What did you call the monsters before you knew their names?

Imp - Ape
Revenant - Resurrected Demon
Cacodemon - Tomato Demon
Cyberdemon - Noisy Bastard

pistolguy
shotgunguy
machinegunguy
demon (imp)
pig (demon)
shadowman (spectre)
goat (baron/knight)
eye (caco)
robotgoat (cyber)
spider (mastermind)
baby spider (arachno)
flashman (vile)
mannua (mancubus)
skeleton (revenant)
skull (soul)
wtfhappenedtotheeye (pain elemental)

I don't remember the other ones but the Pinky was called "Buffalo". :D

archvile = flaming asshole or Goddammmit, run for cover!

Zombies - Zombie
Imp - monster
Demon - monster
Spectre - invisible monster
Lost Soul - monster
Cacodemon - monster
Pain Elemental - monster
Mancubus - monster
Baron of Hell - monster
Hell Knight - monster
Revenant - monster
Arch-Vile - monster
Arachnotron - monster
Cyberdemon - bossmonster
Spider Mastermind - boss monster
Wolfenstein SS - Nazi

Oh wow this brings me back to my HS days...Even though I read the manual too I still gave them my own names. I usually gave them names due to their appearance or what they looked sorta like.

Zombieman - Buzzcut
Shotgun Guy - Baldy
Nazi - Happyface
Heavy Weapon Dude - Tyrone (Cuz he looked like a friend of mine in HS)
Imp - Demon
Demon - Horned Demon
Spectre - Ghost
Cacodemon - Strawberry
Baron of Hell - What the fuck Minotaur dude die!!! Before the Super Shotty this guy was scary as hell to fight for me with a shotty. Sometimes I called him 16 cuz I would always count the shotgun hits it took to kill him.
SpiderMastermind - Krang
Cyberdemon - Oh shit!
Hell Knight - I think in the manual they said something about him being similiar to being a T-Rex or something so I just called him T-Rex. Or was that the Baron? Oh well...lol
Pain Elemental - Killer Cocoa Puff
Revenant - Skeletor
Arachnotron - Krang's baby
Mancubus - Aunt Kathy (lol)
Arch-Vile - Smarty Pants (Big head)
Boss Brain - Master Demon

I called them in greek which have funny names but I'll have the greek names for the greek guys (because they are funny) and the translation too.

zombieman = στρατιωτάκια (little millitary men)
shotgun guy = σοτγκανάδες (shotgunners)
imp = ψαρωκολιάρηδες (psarokola - because of the sound they made)
demon = ροζ γουρούνια (pink pigs)
cacodemon = τομάτες (tomatoes)
pain elemental = μελιτζάνες (pumpkins)
mancubus = αμπτιμαχάλ (abdi machal - because of the sound they made)
heavy weapon dudes = τακατάκες (takatakes - they shoot stuff fast: taka taka taka taka)
arch viles = ο θεός (the god - because he can ressurect stuff)
lost soul = σκελετάκια (tiny skeletons)

I know, silly..

Pistol Zombie - Kannonevoer (Cannonfodder)
Shotgun Sargeant - Shotgun Gast (Shotgun Guy)
Heavy Weapon Dude - Chaingun Gast (Chaingun Guy)
Imp - Lopende Drol (Walking Turd)
Cacodemon - Vliegende Tomaat (Flying Tomato)
Lost Soul - Vliegende Schedel (Flying Skull)
Arachnotron - Plasma Spin (Plasma Spider)
Demon - Varken (Pig)
Spectre - Schaduw Monster (Shadow Monster)
Revenant - Skelet (Skeleton)
Barons of Hell - Helle Baronnen (Barons of Hell)
Hell Knights - Helle Ridders (Hell Knights)
Arch Vile - Snel Kreng (Fast Bitch)
Spider Mastermind - Spinne Baas (Spider Boss)
Mancubus - Vetzak (Fatty)
Pain Elemental - Vliegende Gehaktbal (Flying Meatball)
Cyberdemon - Raket Demoon (Rocket Demon)

Pistol Demon - Moron
Shotgun Demon - Moron with a Shotgun
Chaingun Commando - Moron with a Chaingun
Imp - Brown Bastard
Demon - Pinky
Cacodemon - Floating Gumball
Pain Elemental - Gumball O' Shit
Spiderdemon - Brainy
Cyberdemon - The Rocketeer

I always nicknamed them. It was a lor more fun by calling them by their proper names.

Former Human - Zombie
Sergeant - Shotgun Guy
Commander - Chaingunner Guy
Imp - Imbecile
Lost Soul - Floating Skull
Baron - That Goat Thing
Hell Knight - That Other Goat Thing
Mancubus - Fat Shit
Cyberdemon - Giant Android Thing
Revenant - Skeleton
Archvile - Irritating Little Fucker
Arachnotron - Spider
Spider Mastermind - Giant Spider
Demon - Pink Thing
Spectre - Invisible Pink Thing
Cacodemon - Left Bollock (floating ball when around my wife)
Pain Elemental - Right Bollock (floating ball when around my wife)
Wolfenstein SS - Arsehole/Nazi Guy

Am I the only one that thought that the Spider Mastermind and Arachnotron didn't belong in Doom?

I can still sorta remember what I called them when I first played doom, and I was like 7:

zombieman - soldier
shotgun guy - soldier
commando - big soldier
imp - thorn creature
demon - pink thing
lost soul - skull
cacodemon - tomato
hell knight - bull
baron o' hell - pink bull
arachnotron - spider
pain elemental - rotten tomato
revenant - mr. skeleton
mancubus - fat creature
archville - "yellow guy who brings things back to life"
spider mastermind - spider boss
cyberdemon - really tall boss
ss nazi - (I didn't know those levels existed until I knew all the names of the enemies, so I never had to give them a nickname)

Well, I was teaching my friend's little brother how to play properly, and he doesn't call them anything, just screams alot.

Cacodemon - Coliape / McDouggle (they look like cats)
Demon - Bull Monster
Cyberdemon - Skelator

Guys, bad guys, enemies, monsters, whatever. I didn't really have a specific name for anything.

Doom Dude said:

Cyberdemon - Noisy Bastard

Best... Name... EVER!

Former Human Soldier: Zombie
Former Human Sergeant: Bald Zombie
Former Human Commander: Bald zombie with a beard
Imp: Piece of shit/Spike
Demon: Piggie pink
Spectre: Whereisit
Lost soul: Skull
Cacodemon: Cyclops/Tomato monster
Pain Elemental: Skull spitter
Revenant: Skeletor
Baron of Hell: Bull
Hell Knight: Other bull
Arachnotron: Spider
Mancubus: Salad Dodger
Arch-vile: Banana
Spider Mastermind: Tarantula
Cyberdemon: Rocket Bull
SS Nazi: Naziface

You seem to think food a lot when you play.

Yeah, tarantula soup is delicious. You gotta pluck all those hairs out first though...

K!r4 said:

You seem to think food a lot when you play.

If that is aimed at me, I suppose so.

K!r4 said:

You seem to think food a lot when you play.

Reading through this thread, we've at least come to the conclusion that Cacodemons bear a striking resemblance to tomatos. =P

Cacodemons do look like tomatos, though

Edit: My pic did not work

what my friend called them was:

cacodemons : Tomatoes
imps : little brown poeple
demon : muscle guy
archvile : little starving people
zombie : duke nukem
shotgun guy : baldy
chaingun guy : fatass
mancubus : Super fat guy

what i called em

cacodemons : testicles (i have a sound wad where they say "im a testy"
imps : spiky demon
demon : flesh monsters
archvile : library demon (it sounds like hes trying to be quiet
chaingun guy : my dad (he looked like him)
arachnotron : baby spiders
spider mastermind : mommy spider (i look ay her and go "awwwww")
the head : john romero (i kinda knew him)

I had devoured videogame reviews so knew a lot of names, though i called the Zombiemen "Pistol" guys" and the Sergeants "Shotgun guys". I was also scared of Cacodemons because i had read that it took TWO rockets to kill them (whoever wrote that paticular review had either signed a confidentiality agreement or had only played a few select levels, they didnt mention Barons of Hell at all). Later i learned thier pain chance is so high you can chainsaw them without worrying

I didn't have the manual when I played the shareware version of Doom, so this is what I called the monsters.

Soldiers and sargeants - troops
Imps - chimps (I thought they looked like chimpanzees for some odd reason.)
Demons - demons (I actually got it right!)
Spectres - cloakers
Barons of hell - big bear-like things

Here was what my dad called some of them:
Zombies: Zombies
Demons: Pink boys
Arachnotrons: Spiders
Mancubi: Fat boys
Arch-Viles: White monsters

I can only really remember 2 of them:

Demons = Pinky dinks
Cacodemon = Cat-head

For the most part, I seem to have always known what the actual names are.

Zombies -> Possessed Dudes
Brownie -> Mutated Dude (because they don't sound that different from the zombies)
Pinky -> Wolf-Bear-Pig Mutant
Spectre -> Predator Wolf-Bear-Pig Mutant
Baron of Hell -> Big Screamer Demon Overlord (they are pretty dang loud)
Cacodemon (seen in the page that tells you to get the registered version) -> Laughing Demon Overlord

After that, all the shareware versions of Doom came with some crappy text files that explained the enemies, and Doom 2 came with an instruction manual.

For the most part I just describe their attacks, because when trying to beat the game as an inexperienced player, that was all I cared about. The exceptions are:

Demon-Pink thing
Spectre-Invisodemon
Lost Soul-Flaming skull
Cacodemon-Floating head
Mancubus-fatty
Archvile-fire guy
Revenant-skeleton
Nazi SS-Nazi
Commander Keen-lynched hippie (Had no idea what it was supposed to be, never heard of Commander Keen before.)

I coined the name when showing my friend the super secret level,( although not how to get there, hehehe...) and he asked me what the Commander Keens were. I didn't know so we came up with lynched hippies because of the bright colors.

I first got this on PSX, so after reading the manual instead of doing schoolwork in class, I knew the names of pretty much everything. Still, didn't stop me and a friend shouting out random names during our many link-games:


Zombieman: Pistol-ponce
Shotgun Guy: Shotgun zombie
Heavy Weapons Dude: Angry Chinaman
Imp: Chocolate Men
Demon: Horny Pig (often followed by a "Hurr...")
evenant: Skeleton warrior
Pain Elemental: Shit-dispenser
Lost Soul: God-damned-motherfucking-son-of-a-bitch!! (Or similar: yeah, only after it killed either of us by surprise)


There were others, but those are the ones I remember most. Then I finally got round to buying the PC version (after years of shareware clowning around), and stopped using nick-names altogether.

I knew most of the names, but sometimes I called them with different names.

Former Human - pistol zombie

Shotgun Guy - shotgun zombie

Chaingunner - chaingun zombie

Spectre - invisible demon

Lost Soul - skull

BTW, I always spoke those in portuguese, which is my native language.

I named the first sergeant I noticed Sergeant Baldy (he's in E1M3, the last one before you get the blue keycard.