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Originally Posted by TigerClaw
then slapping the name of a classic character, and pretend that its one of the classic characters.
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The 2012 Neutrinos is probably one of the worst offenses imo in that regard, reusing the name on something else that is
completely unrelated. They weren't necessarily a bad concept, but the naming seems lazy and would have been better off with one that was original.
I feel that doing that sort of thing also handicaps a potential reuse of a character/concept that might have been a decent one to bring back elsewhere in the franchise later (talking in general in the franchise, not 2012 Neutrinos specifically), but since it's just a "new" version of something else that will probably go back to a more recognizable form later if seen again... the new idea might not make a return.
Mona Lisa 2012 at least stayed a salamander-like being and already had an established (even if unseen) population/race of characters to make the alien angle make sense.