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I'm having a hard time finding information on this so let me explain the idea: I'm writing a story that takes place in a small town high school in 1986. And I want to give the characters all nicknames that relate to the time period, so some of them have names that relate to 80's movies or music, can I do this? As

As an example of a movie, I have a character with the nickname "Mouth" which is a direct tie in to a character from the Goonies. I tried to keep them all as loose as this one but I also have ideas for a character being called MasterBlaster which is a direct tie to a character from Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome, is that still ok? How

How about songs or titles of things? Could I name a character directly based off of a song like "Mannish Boy" or off of a play like "Casablanca"?

toTo clarify its, it's just their names, I'm not using lyrics or likeness to the story offor these properties, just referencing them in themy work.

I'm having a hard time finding information on this so let me explain the idea: I'm writing a story that takes place in a small town high school in 1986. And I want to give the characters all nicknames that relate to the time period, so some of them have names that relate to 80's movies or music, can I do this? As an example of a movie, I have a character with the nickname "Mouth" which is a direct tie in to a character from the Goonies. I tried to keep them all as loose as this one but I also have ideas for a character being called MasterBlaster which is a direct tie to a character from Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome, is that still ok? How about songs or titles of things? Could I name a character directly based off of a song like "Mannish Boy" or off of a play like "Casablanca"?

to clarify its just their names, I'm not using lyrics or likeness to the story of these properties just referencing them in the work.

I'm having a hard time finding information on this so let me explain the idea: I'm writing a story that takes place in a small town high school in 1986. And I want to give the characters all nicknames that relate to the time period, so some of them have names that relate to 80's movies or music, can I do this?

As an example of a movie, I have a character with the nickname "Mouth" which is a direct tie in to a character from the Goonies. I tried to keep them all as loose as this one but I also have ideas for a character being called MasterBlaster which is a direct tie to a character from Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome, is that still ok?

How about songs or titles of things? Could I name a character directly based off of a song like "Mannish Boy" or off of a play like "Casablanca"?

To clarify, it's just their names, I'm not using lyrics or likeness to the story for these properties, just referencing them in my work.

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Can I reference something used in another medium, like names, play titles, or song titles?

I'm having a hard time finding information on this so let me explain the idea: I'm writing a story that takes place in a small town high school in 1986. And I want to give the characters all nicknames that relate to the time period, so some of them have names that relate to 80's movies or music, can I do this? As an example of a movie, I have a character with the nickname "Mouth" which is a direct tie in to a character from the Goonies. I tried to keep them all as loose as this one but I also have ideas for a character being called MasterBlaster which is a direct tie to a character from Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome, is that still ok? How about songs or titles of things? Could I name a character directly based off of a song like "Mannish Boy" or off of a play like "Casablanca"?

to clarify its just their names, I'm not using lyrics or likeness to the story of these properties just referencing them in the work.