The term "stingo" has associations with Yorkshire. Stingo or spingo was strong or old ale. Others prominent hotels include the Park Hotel, Retreat Hotel, Yarra Hotel and Yorkshire Stingo Hotel. Chomper is a shark while Stingo is a stingray. However, Chomper and Stingo soon ruin the plan. Chomper was voiced by Christopher Gray and Stingo was voiced by Bill Switzer. Sophie and Stingo flee to a hotel. Sophie and Stingo have sex, but while Stingo is sleeping, Sophie returns to Nathan. Kevin Kline and Peter MacNicol played Nathan and Stingo, respectively. As the story progresses, Sophie tells Stingo of her past. In the film "Sophie's Choice" (1982), Nathan Landau throws a Rheingold beer to Stingo. Stingo later learns from a college professor that Sophie's father was a Nazi sympathizer.