Why is the movie Reservoir Dogs named that?

The title is a combination of the film Straw Dogs and a corruption of Au revoir, les enfants, a film by Louis Malle.

According to Wikipedia: "The title is a combination of the film Straw Dogs and a corruption of Au revoir, les enfants, a film by Louis Malle."

The title for the film comes from a combination of two other movies. Tarantino, not very good at speaking French, always referred to _Au revoir les enfants (1987)_ simply as "that Reservoir movie". He also is a big Sam Peckinpah fan, and likes his film Straw Dogs (1971). So he combined the two titles to get "Reservoir Dogs".