Crow's middle initial stands for "The". In episode #K19: "Hangar 18", Joel stated that "Crow" was an acronym for "Cybernetic Remotely Operated Woman", giving Crow a brief identity crisis until Joel revealed he built Crow specifically to play this joke on him. Crow is also sometimes called "Art", but it is primarily by late-series antagonist Pearl Forrester. This arose from a gag in episode 203 "Jungle Goddess" following a skit centered on the sitcom "The Honeymooners", where Joel referred to Crow as "Art Crow" (in reference to "Honeymooners" co-star Art Carney). After Best Brains received a letter from a child who had evidently missed the cultural reference and labeled a drawing of Crow as "Art" (episode 402, "The Giant Gila Monster"), the show's writers turned the name into a recurring joke.