DPOOA started as casual jamming between two new friends (Adam Bloom and Henri Gibbins) back in 2011. Adam was working on a project called Denizens at the time, but when they disbanded in 2012, Adam and Henri decided to make their jam project an official thing, and christened it Dr Peppernickle's Orphanarium of Obese Aristocrats (Henri came up with the name, don't ask how he came up with it).