• 4oreman
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    3 months ago

    After the family whom adopted him.

    • Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.ca
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      3 months ago

      The family was the Tanners. Gordon Shumway was literally his name from back on Melmac. ALF is an acronym for Alien Life Form and is what the family called him as a nickname.