# Hugo Trivia

**URL:** <https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/hugo-trivia/1218>\
**Category:** Meta\
**Created:** [May 21, 2015, 12:55am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/hugo-trivia/1218 "2015-05-21T00:55:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![bep](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/bep/32/3332_2.png) [@bep](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/bep)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 12:55am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/hugo-trivia/1218/1 "2015-05-21T00:55:19Z")

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Eva Mendes’ dog is named Hugo.

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**Author:** ![RickCogley](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/rickcogley/32/10269_2.png) [@RickCogley](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/RickCogley)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 3:53am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/hugo-trivia/1218/2 "2015-05-21T03:53:26Z")

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Now you’ve done it; I’m _really_ in love.

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**Author:** ![RickCogley](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/rickcogley/32/10269_2.png) [@RickCogley](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/RickCogley)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 10:58am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/hugo-trivia/1218/3 "2015-06-02T10:58:30Z")

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Cobra was originally named “Gobra” but it was deemed too sports-bra-like and nixed for the more reptilian choice.

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**Author:** ![spf13](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/spf13/32/37_2.png) [@spf13](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/spf13)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 1:00pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/hugo-trivia/1218/4 "2015-06-02T13:00:57Z")

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@RickCogley… That’s actually true. For about half a second I called it Gobra. Gobra Commander, but quickly just reverted back to Cobra.

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**Author:** ![RickCogley](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/rickcogley/32/10269_2.png) [@RickCogley](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/RickCogley)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 1:03pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/hugo-trivia/1218/5 "2015-06-02T13:03:26Z")

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hysterical, I thought it was just my own addled mind 🙂

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**Author:** ![bep](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/bep/32/3332_2.png) [@bep](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/bep)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 4:53pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/hugo-trivia/1218/6 "2015-06-02T16:53:30Z")

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This thread started out so great … 🙂

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**Author:** ![Christoph\_Float](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/christoph_float/32/925_2.png) [@Christoph\_Float](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/Christoph_Float)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2015, 10:51am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/hugo-trivia/1218/7 "2015-11-26T10:51:17Z")

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There once was a german TV show, where callers played a computer game, controlling the main character via telephone buttons. The main character’s name was “Hugo”.  
 ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/gohugo/original/1X/dee377c45a470af017b40fde1eda18591510a461.jpg)

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**Author:** ![stiobhart](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/stiobhart/32/161_2.png) [@stiobhart](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/stiobhart)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 1:23pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/hugo-trivia/1218/8 "2015-12-03T13:23:56Z")

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Why is Hugo called Hugo anyway?

I have a very vague recollection of reading somewhere that it involved a ‘Hunchback of Notre Dame’ cultural reference, but I may be just making that up, to try and impose order on this crazy world.