Ballerina Hippo

I made this ballerina hippo to represent my new d&d barbarian I’ll be playing in an upcoming campaign. I love how she turned out!

She’s 13.5 inches tall. I added some leg and under the arm fat folds to the pattern I used, and then I free handed the shoes and tutu.

I can’t think of a good name for her. Here are a few so far, but I’m not sure I love any of them. I’m thinking something cutesy but also wrestler-like.

Bitty Bonnie Betty Boom-Boom
Petunia “Petty” Kapow
Helga Whompbottom

Any suggestions? I am a fan of alliteration if that helps.

And some closeups of her fat rolls

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OMG, I love this one.

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Helga Whompbottom FTW!

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Ahhh! She’s so cute!

I love all the names for their own reasons. What about a mashup: Bitty Bonnie/Betty Whompbottom?

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Sooooooooo darn cute!

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Built-in underarm fat rolls! ACK! So dang cute!

I’m voting Petunia Kapow! But mostly because “Petunia” is our puppy, Vivienne’s, first nickname to stick so far. And it is sometimes shortened to “Tutu.”

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Whompbottom is my pick!
The little underarm rolls are amazing!

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I saw her and I immediately thought of Tillie Hippo from Cats Don’t Dance. (Great movie!)

Love your hippo crochet :purple_heart:

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“Tiny” ‘Tuni Whompbottom comes to my mind lol
She came out fabulously!

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Hilda
Hildy
Heidi or Heidy
Heddy

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This is such a fun project! She’s so cute and looks so soft, which leaves me unsure how she could possibly represent a barbarian…:thinking:, lol. I love her little tutu!
You came up with some great names. I also vote for a mashup - Bitty Betty Boombottom :smile:.

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On the outside she is cute and looks so gentle. But inside, she is filled with the rage of vengeance.

My sister sent me a quote from a d&d campaign of a barbarian saying, “this wall doesn’t know it wants to be a door yet,” and she said that is absolutely something I’d say. And then we got to talking about characters, and somehow my mind went to this :rofl:

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I love everything about that last post :laughing:.

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Whompbottom totally rules! Love her!

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