Monikers

They Might Be Giants and its members have also been (sometimes mistakenly) referred to as some of the following:

They Might Be Giants

• The Giants
• John and John
• The Johns
• They
• Them, or other various pronouns, but always capitalized
• TMBG
• The Twin Quasars of Rock - Critic Intro
• Aging Statesmen of Rock - The Giants Interview Each Other
• The Dorian Grays of Rock - WNYC Spinning On Air (segment 2)
• Brooklyn's Ambassadors of Love - Introduction (Live NYC), Puppets Gonna Fuck You Up
• The Big Steamy Thing (an anagram of "They Might Be Giants")
• Also (from the old website):
  • My big teeth gnash it
  • High tab, meet stingy
  • Thy gig beneath mist
  • Big hat, teensy might
  • I might beget shanty
  • Be at the mighty sign
  • High time ants get by
  • Seth, I'm in thy bat egg
• There May Be Giants (For maximum effect, this should be said in a heavy Brooklyn accent, and used in the sentence "Who's There May Be Giants?")
• They Might Be Dead - 1992 Extra Crispy World Tour Shirt
• The Mighty Giants - my kids called them this for a while -SR
• Big John and Little John
• They Must Be Giants - from Severe Tire Damage; also said by Flans at the 2005-07-15 Cleveland show (also, -There- Must Be Giants, a Gloria quote)
• We Are Giants Damn It! - as suggested by Syd Straw
• El Grupo de Rock and Roll
• The guys who wrote Particle Man
• Those dudes who wrote Older
• Makers of Music - sub-title on Bed, Bed, Bed (Book)
• We're Certainly Dwarves - I think this one comes from Terry Pratchett's book "Soul Music" (TP is huge fan of Them)
• "Weird Al" Yankovic - the listed artist of some Ana Ng and Istanbul (Not Constantinople) MP3s.
• Sapphire Bullets - TMBG's mysterious opening act.
• Deeply Felt Puppet Theater - while not actually TMBG, this is listed as the artist on some of their free MP3s
• Gunnar and Matthew - from an answering machine message referring to two members of the only a cappella TMBG tribute band, The Bobs.
• The force that refuses to be reckoned with! - Fossilise Apostle
• Bacharach And David -- See Interpretations:Youth Culture Killed My Dog
• Playthings of the Rich, a quip from Linnell in Gigantic.
• The Shitty Beatles - another Gigantic quip from Linnell, in response to Lennon/McCartney comparisons.
  • This name is also a reference to the movie Waynes World: it's one of the bands playing at the nightclub where Wayne first meets Cassandra (Tia Carrerre)
• The Supergiants - from the Experimental Film video commentary; also Those Supreme Giants Guys.
• The Pride of Brookyln - as Conan O'Brien once called them.
• The Mighty B. Giants
• The Giant boys
• They May Possibly Be Giants - I can't remember where I heard this - Droffats
• WAFMNWANFG (We Apologize For the Misunderstanding, but No We Are Not in Fact Giants)
• The World's Tallest Midgets - from a British talk show whose name can't be remembered momentarily.
• Be Nice To Giants - Lemita (My brother did a project connecting his life to Experimental Film for school, and his friend thought this was the band's name.)
• They might be rain - They Might Be Giants
• They might be heat - They Might Be Giants
• They might be frying up a stalk of wheat - They Might Be Giants
• They might be brain - They Might Be Giants
• They might be washed - They Might Be Giants
• They might be Dr. Spock's back-up band - They Might Be Giants
• They might be bald - They Might Be Giants
• They might be snow - They Might Be Giants
• They might be something else in the snow - They Might Be Giants
• They might be fake - They Might Be Giants, Direct From Brooklyn/Secret Message
• They might be lies - They Might Be Giants, Direct From Brooklyn/Secret Message
• They might be big, big, fake, fake lies - They Might Be Giants, Direct From Brooklyn/Secret Message
• They might be chewing on a pair of feet - They Might Be Giants (Demo)
• They might be yelling out albatross - They Might Be Giants (Demo)
• They might be something else down below - They Might Be Giants (Demo)
• Ain't They Giants - Podcast 27A
• Might Be Giant - Podcast 27A

John Flansburgh

• Rolf Conant - Conant is his middle name and Rolf is simply "a good German name." He has used this pseudonym for Unsupervised, Miscellaneous T, Apollo 18, Severe Tire Damage and Hello The Band. It was also used in the rare fanzine "Art In Context", which he produced with Bill Krauss. Rolf is also listed in Here Come The ABCs for logo.
• Cecil Portesque, The King Of Dead Air (The They Might Be Giants Podcast)
• A motherfucker guitarist
• Agent 00-soul
• Big John
• Brown John
• Doctor Octopus (see Announcement A)
• Dr. F
• "The big, fat guy who looks like Danny Aykroyd, only fatter" (from an insulting message left on Dial-A-Song)
• Flansburgher
• Flans
• Flanso
• Flansy
• Immensely huggable
• Jack
• Jim (NASA called them Jim and Jim in the ISY press release)
• John "56k Modem" Flansburgh - From Podcast 5A newsletter
• Jump Little Chicken (see Raleigh)
• Lieutenant Glue (From Paste Culture Club Podcast)
• Matthew (from a Dial a Song message)
• M.C. Search (From 120 Minutes)
• Mr. Flans
• Mr Kissyou - See PODAS
• Professor Flans (see L M N O)
• Professor P.F. (see AM FM Announcement)
• The Roar of the Kraken
• Syndrome (from September 2004 live show at The Egg, Albany)
• "That one with the glasses" (Strong Bad)
• "That glasses guy/The glasses guy" (Strong Sad) (In the Homestar Runner DVD commentary for Experimental Film)
• The angry John with all the curse words (As he described himself at one live show.)
• The bespectacled one
• The big, fat guy
• The Flotation Device (see Radio Sweepers)
• The nice John (what Flansburgh called himself while talking to a fan after one 1998 show)
• The mean one
• The sweet one
• The one out selling the stuff
• Tyler (See Sapphire Bullets)
• John "Abzug" Flansburgh
• John "Boom Boom" Flansburgh
• John "Crashes Bashes" Flansburgh
• John "Guitar Wizard" Flansburgh
• John "light, no sugar" Flansburgh
• John "Magog" Flansburgh
• John "MC Landfill" Flansburgh
• John G. Flansburgh
• Eleanor Roosevelt
• John "Contrecoup" Flansburgh

John Linnell

• Anne Hathaway (see (She Was A) Hotel Detective In The Future Commentary)
• Blonde John
• BoomCar (from September 2004 live show at The Egg in Albany)
• Craggles
• Dave (During live performances of Robot Parade in 2000.)
• David Remnikopf (see (She Was A) Hotel Detective In The Future Commentary)
• Emily Dickinson (see Gigantic)
• Garrison Keillor (from the WXPN show)
• Gunnar (From a Dial A Song message)
• Hi Pimp! (From Gigantic commentary)
• Jared (See Sapphire Bullets)
• John Sid
• Jim (see ISY press release)
• John Kendall (From 120 Minutes)
• J-Lo Linnell
• John "Doodles" Linnell
• John "Patches" Linnell
• Johnny Hart
• Linny
• Little John
• Mr. Claw
• Mr. Fleece (See I've Got A Fang)
• Mr. Lips (Performs on Rolling O, Letter Shapes and Hovering Sombrero '05)
• Mr. Wiggles (I've heard Flansy refer to him as this at a few shows)
• Mr. Squiggles
• Professor Griff (From Paste Culture Club Podcast)
• Roland Synth
• Terence Trent Linnell (From Record Guide '88 performance)
• The accordion-playing half of They Might Be Giants
• The creepy one
• The Keith Richards of the bass clarinet
• The little, scrawny guy (See Fat Danny Akroyd)
• The next president of the United States (Flans, frequently at live shows)
• The Professor
• The quiet one
• The shy one
• The one in the back room putting the stuff together
• The Tangled Web (see Radio Sweepers)
• John "End of Days" Linnell
• John "MC Doodles" Linnell
• John "Mashes Gnashes" Linnell
• John "black, sugar" Linnell
• John "Step Back in Wonder" Linnell
• John "LaGuardia" Linnell
• John "Prometheus" Linnell
• John E. Linnell
• John "Impressed" Linnell

Marty Beller

• Marty "Bashes, Smashes" Beller
• Marty "Big 80's" Beller - (Sept. 30, 2004 - TLA, Phila. The Spine Tour)
• Marty "just water" Beller
• Marty "Super-drums" Beller
• Marty "Sharpton" Beller
• Marty "Tantalus" Beller
• Marty O. Beller
• The Next President of the United States of America

Dan Miller

• "Careful" Dan Miller
• Dylan (See Sapphire Bullets)
• Stormy Black (See Sapphire Bullets)
• The Unknowable Dan Miller
• Dan "Wah-Wah" Miller
• Dan "Solder" Miller
• They Might Be Giants' Official Cry Baby
• Dan "Prison Break" Miller
• Dan "It Doesn't Have to Be This Way" Miller
• Dan "Cambodia" Miller
• Dan "regular" Miller
• Dan "Johnny Chops" Miller
• Dan "Slash" Miller
• Dan "Tinglus" Miller
• Dan D. Solder Miller

Danny Weinkauf

• Bassy
• Parker (See Sapphire Bullets)
• Danny "Ladies He's Taken" Weinkauf
• Danny "Pops" Weinkauf
• Danny "Mas Sabor" Weinkauf
• Danny "Viet Nam" Weinkauf
• Danny "Bass Boy Genius" Weinkauf
• Danny "Rangel" Weinkauf
• Danny "Pangu" Weinkauf
• Danny K. Weinkauf
• Danny "Mesopotamian" Weinkauf