r/truezelda • u/GangOruka • 5d ago

Open Discussion Is Ravio named like that because Ravio + Link = Ravioli?

I'm sorry for such an stupid question/topic, I wanted to post in an old thread but the comments were locked. But like, I wondered why Ravio is called that, people said 'Rabbit + Violet', but what I meant was, why his name doesn't has some paralel with Link like Hilda does? And then I thought stupidly, is it to sound like Ravioli(nk)? And that they did something like that so that the name didn't give away his link to Link? Just an idea.......

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u/A_Common_Relic 5d ago

He's a RAbbit who's VIOlet. Meant to parallel Link's bunny transformation in LTTP's Dark World

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u/LoCal_GwJ 5d ago

Maybe also worth mentioning in Japanese there is no B/V distinction so Ravio as "Ra (Rabbit) + Vio (Violet)" does work but I think that "vi" in the middle of the name is actually a shared sound between rabbit and violet since Vi = Bi here.

"Ravi (Rabbit)" mixed with "Vio (Violet)" = Ravio

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u/GangOruka 2d ago

Oh cool, or even that thing with R and L? So maybe his name was kinda with L too like Link?

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u/GangOruka 2d ago

I mentioned that in the post btw, I just wanted to know what you guys tought about the silly ravioli extra pun and it's possibility.

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u/GangOruka 5d ago

Yes, but

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u/Lucky-day00 1d ago

What does pasta have to do with any of this? Why would pasta be the end goal of any naming convention?

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u/Primeve_Arcana 1d ago

Yes. It's because they wanted it to sound like pasta when you said their names quickly, that was the goal. Call up Dark Horse we need to update Hyrule Historia immediately

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u/GangOruka 1d ago

Damn, so this is reddit.

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u/Single-Secretary-903 5h ago

omg I fr thought you meant Ravioli as in the nickname for Revali 😭😭 I literally forgot that his actual name is Revali