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** Balalaika's unofficial nickname is "Fry Face" for the numerous burns on her face that she received during the war in Afghanistan. [[Berserk Button|I wouldn't suggest calling her that to her face though. Just saying.]]

* ''[[Trigun]]'': Vash the Stampede is known as the "Humanoid Typhoon," mainly because [[Destructive Savior|any area he's in usually turns into a disaster zone by the time he's through]].

* Sanosuke Sagara of ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'' is nicknamed "Zanza" because he wields an oversized '''zan'''bato.

** Kenshin himself is called "Battousai" (more or less "kills on the draw") because of his technique or "Hitokiri" (manslayer) because of his former job as an assassin.

== Film ==

* Boris the Bullet Dodger from ''[[Snatch]]''. He dodges bullets.

** Apparently, while lying on the ground.

== Literature ==

** From the book:

{{quote| Vimes: "Well, that's an unusual name."<br />

Prince Khufurah: (deadpan) "No, the name Ahmed is actually very common where we come from." }}

** {{spoiler|It's eventually revealed that he earned it by killing a guest in his house one hour before the three day period of [[Sacred Hospitality]] was up. He'd amassed enough evidence to determine that the man had poisoned a well in a desert and killed several dozen people, and didn't see a reason to wait the extra hour.}}

* Lyra Belacqua in ''[[His Dark Materials]]'' gets dubbed "Lyra Silvertongue" (and occasionally just "Silvertongue") by Iorek, because of her ability to beguile and fool people with her words, and her ability to "talk her way" out of anything.

* Beka Cooper of the [[Tortall Universe]] eventually earns the nickname Terrier for her tendency to never let any case go.

* [[Warhammer 40000|Kharn the Betrayer]] earned his title after slaughtering his way through two [[The Corruption|Chaos]] [[Space Marine]] legions, one of them his own. We're not sure if he refers to himself that way, since he usually only says things like "[[Madness Mantra|BURN! MAIM! KILL!]]," "[[Blood Knight|BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD! SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE]]!" or "[[The Berserker|RAAAAAAGGHHH]]!!!"

* ''[[Exalted]]'', [[Rule of Cool|naturally]], has quite a few of these. Probably the most prominent is the god known as the Unconquered Sun. [[Captain Obvious|Guess how he earned the name.]]

== Toys ==

* ''[[The Elder Scrolls]] IV'' get's you "The Hero of {{spoiler|Kvatch}}" and "The Hero Of Tamriel" from the main quest, Arch Mage (and lesser titles you get as you rise in the guild before that) from the Mages Guild quest, Head of the Fighter's guild, {{spoiler|Grey Fox}} from the Thieves Guild, Knight Of The Nine for the quests from the Knights of the Nine expansion and {{spoiler|Sheograph, god of madness}} from the Shivering Isles expansion. When you get them, certain NPCs will mention them (most notably the first, which causes the vast majority of NPCs to say "You're the one who closed the gate! The Hero Of Kvatch!?" as their default line and the Mages guild titles, which make everyone in the guild greet you with "Hello [rank]").

* In ''[[Overlord]]'' your jester follows you around in your castle and hails you with various titles depending on your actions ("Saviour of Elves", "Abuser of jesters" etc). In the sequel his successor also makes little songs to go along with the titles once you take a Harp from the Elves, from which he'll start a band with.

* ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' lets you earn titles by completing achievements, which you can then chose which one to show, if any. This is just to show off, as NPC's won't care if you conquered Ulduar or became exalted by your factions capital cities.

* The player character of ''[[Ace Combat]]'' games often pick up nicknames as the plot progresses. They tend to be along the lines of Demon Lord. And in ''Ace Combat Zero,'' your wingman is named Solo Wing because he once returned from a mission with one wing shot off.

* ''[[Sewer Shark]]'', where you start out in the opening cutscene as Rookie, then (in the same cutscene) get assigned the call-sign of Dogmeat, earning Ratbreath, Exterminator, then [[It Makes Sense in Context|Beachbum]] as you successfully progress through the levels.

* The NIS [[Roguelike]] [[Zettai Hero Project]] is all about earning the right to be called the Absolute Victory Unlosing Ranger and the faith of the world. Given that the main character starts out as a level one nameless bystander thrust straight into the Final Boss Battle, this turns out to be quite the [[Nintendo Hard|endeavor.]]

* Richard from ''[[Looking for Group]]'' has so many of these it's used for a [[Running Gag]].

** They're based on kills.

{{quote| '''Mab:''' Friend of beer-wenches?<br />

'''Dan:''' Hey, now! I earned that title just like the rest! }}

* Too many, some of whom probably didn't deserve them.... '[[wikipedia:Vlad III Dracula|Vlad the Impaler]]' probably deserved his, though.

* Often the case with nicknames one earns from one's peers in the military.