Brandon: Lana, you are one cranky girl.
Lana: Shut up, that's your business. I don't care if you are half monkey or half ape, I'm gettin' you out of here!
Nicole: You don't seem like you're from here.
Brandon: Where does it seem like I'm from?
Nicole: Someplace... Beautiful.
Lana: I hate my life.
Brandon: I hate your life, too.
Lana: You don't have to be sober to be able to weigh spinach.
Nicole: You don't seem like you're from here.
Brandon: Where does it seem like I'm from?
Nicole: Some place... Beautiful.
Lana: I hate my life.
Brandon: I hate your life, too.
Answer: Brandon's birth name is Teena Tenae Brandon. When Teena decided to become a man, he reversed his first and last name to become Brandon Teena. Lana may have continued to call him Teena as a form of "I know the real you" familiarity "pet name".
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