Fan Nickname/Video Games/N-S

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Examples of Fan Nicknames in Video Games include:

  • Nethack
    • Rodney - The Wizard of Yendor.
    • Team Ant, Team a - The Ant class of monsters, the most common cause of player death on public Nethack servers. Announcements of player death by Soldier Ant are accompanied by shouts of "GO TEAM ANT!"
    • Rubber Chicken - Corpse of a cockatrice, which petrifies anything touching it. Often used as weapon (don't forget your gloves), by literally bashing enemies it with, and a cause of many accidental deaths.
    • Foocubus - Generic term for any incubus or succubus.
    • Gnome With A Wand Of Death - Any low level monster with an unusually powerful weapon.
    • SDSM, GDSM - Silver/Grey Dragon Scale Mail, generally considered the two best armors in the game.
    • Vladbane - Any intentionally weakened weapon used for Cherry Tapping the famously whimpy Vlad.
    • Eye Of The Tapioca - Eye of the Aethiopica.
    • Orb of Weight - The Orb of Fate.
  • No More Heroes
    • Henry - Mister Sir Henry Motherfucker, after Travis' use of the name.
  • PlanetSide
    • "Biffers" - BF Rs/"Battle-Frame Robotics" aka "Big Fucking Robots"
    • The three factions, which are Color-Coded for Your Convenience, are known to some players as:
      • Smurfs (the blue New Conglomerate)
      • Elmos (the red Terran Republic)
      • Barnies (the purple Vanu Sovereignty)
    • Noobhammer - derogatory nickname for the NC's heavy weapon, the Jackhammer. Supposedly you can just point, click, and kill.
    • Fagrider - a derogatory nickname for the Vanu Magrider, a hovertank of considerable maneuverability compared to its counterparts. Also known as the "Lagrider" or "Magmower" earlier in Planetside's life, due to Vanu propensity to take it out without a gunner and just use it to run over enemy troops.
  • Pokémon
    • Uber - Used for Pokémon who are Game Breakers in Player Versus Player and are thus banned in the Metagame.
    • Legendary - While the term is used in canon, a different definition is used by the fandom to mean the many one chance only Pokémon that appear in the series. While this does include the rare Pokémon with actual legends behind them, fan usage includes Pokémon like Mewtwo and Deoxys, which don't have legends attached to them due to their origins. A good portion of them happen to be described as Uber as well.
    • Legendary Birds - Used in reference to Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres. Sometimes Lugia and Ho-oh, too.
    • Legendary Beasts - Used in reference to Entei, Suicune, and Raikou. Once called Legendary Dogs or Legendary Cats, but didn't stick due to arguments on what the Pokémon in question actually resembled, which leads us to an amusing third/fourth nickname for the trio: the Legendary Gerbils. Crown Beasts is another nickname.
    • Legendary Golems - Used in reference to Regirock, Registeel, and Regice. Regigigas may or may not be included. The group is also known as (The) Regis.
    • Weather Trio - Used in reference to Groudon, Kyogre, and Rayquaza.
    • Creation/Dimensional/Deity Dragon Trio - Used in reference to Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina.
    • Lake Trio - Used in reference to Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf.
      • Also used in the anime.
    • Tao/Energy Dragon Trio - Used in reference to Reshiram, Zekrom, and Kyurem.
    • Three/"Four" Musketeers - Used in reference to Cobalion, Terrakion, Virizion, and Keldeo.
    • Kami/Genie Trio - Used in reference to Tornadus, Thundurus, and Landorus. Earlier referred to as the Raijin trio; however, this label is erroneous as it only applies to the origins of one of the members - Thundurus.
    • More fan terms and nicknames can be found here.
    • Magikrap – Magikarp Power.
    • Skymin - Used in reference to Shaymin's Sky Forme.
    • Shiny - Unofficial term for generally any alternate-colored Pokémon, given that, whenever one appears, it briefly sparkles.
      • It became an official term beginning with the official strategy guide for Platinum, and proceeded to be plastered all over Pokémon Black and White.
    • GARchomp - Garchomp, obviously. It's incredibly manly, even if you have a female one.
      • How could you guys forget about GARados?
    • Lati@s - Collective name for Latios and Latias (since the @ looks like both an "a" and an "o").
    • Pikablu - Marill, acquired during speculation and rumor as to the names and appearances of new Pokémon in Gold/Silver.
    • Time Pony - Dialga
    • Space Penis - Palkia
    • MetalGreymon - A derogatory term for Rhyperior, Rhydon's evolution evolved form. Notwithstanding the fact that Rhyperior looks nothing like MetalGreymon at all...
      • More like RhyINFERIOR.
    • PokéGod - A nickname jokingly used for Arceus.
      • Also used before Diamond/Pearl as a reference to the glitch 'Pokémon' in Red/Blue/Yellow (people tried to pass them off as actual Mons once, if this is anything to go by...).
      • Also, God-Pony and God-Llama.
      • Plus, Space goat.
    • Chesty/Chesto Resting - the combination of Rest (which heals you but puts you to sleep) and the Chesto Berry (which wakes you up again).
    • Surfchu: A Pikachu who knows Surf, obtained from the Pokéwalker Yellow Forest course.[1]
    • Flychu: Similar to the above, a Pikachu who knows Fly.
    • Jim Guy/Gai: The guy (or possibly guys, it's not quite clear) who's always at the front of every Gym giving novice trainers advice on the type the Gym uses.
    • Smugleaf, Wotter, and Pignition/Pignite/Piglit: The fifth-gen starters. Smugleaf in particular is so prominent, it's made it onto Know Your Meme.
      • Emboar: Piglit's evolution. Widely believed to be the official Japanese name due to a misprint on a major fansite. (The real name is Enbuoh, which means something like "fire oink king"; although many Pokémon are named in (more or less) English, in this case, the resemblance is probably a coincidence.)
      • Snivy was another nickname for the Grass starter, which later became its official name, as were Pignite (for Tepig's first evolution) and Emboar (for its second).
    • Not really for a Pokémon, but there's a guy in the Japanese TV show Pokémon Sunday who resembles a certain WWII German chancellor quite a bit. Thus he goes by "Japanese Hitler" in several forums and YouTube comment threads.
    • Excalibur - A nickname (and Memetic Mutation) given to the Grass-type starter for Black/White due to its resemblance to a certain Jerkass sword.
    • M-block - A nickname of a glitch Pokémon called 'M (2 unpronouncable symbols).
    • Decamark - The nickname for a glitch Pokémon whose name is actually defined as ?????????? (ten question marks).
    • TrollFreak - Nickname for GameFreak itself.
    • Ernie and Bert: Sawk and Throh, a pair of Muppet-like Fighting-type Pokémon introduced in Pokémon Black and White.
    • Only King and Only God - Flareon and Entei (respectively) in Japan, mockingly referring to how bad they are on the competitive metagame simply because GameFreak will refuse to give them moves that put their high Physical Attack to good use. So while every other old Fire-type gets new tricks, they Can't Catch Up.
    • Fans finally got so fed up with Ghetsis/Gichisu/Geechisu/Geechis/Geecis/Geetis's name that they dubbed him Gaycheese.
      • Because of the easily-misheard Ominous Name Chanting in his theme music, "Dennis" has become rather popular as well. (Before it was known to belong to Ghetsis, the theme and "DENNIS" were also associated with Genesect - again, the mondegreen comes into play.)
    • Pansage, Pansear, Panpour, and their evolutions tend to collectively referred to as the "elemental monkeys", due to their basis on the commonly-associated types of Fire, Water, and Grass.
    • Stunfisk is called Derpfish. Even typing in 'derpfish' into a search engine shows it as one of the first results.
    • Hax Tower for the Battle Tower in particular, though the name can be extended to the other battle facilities as well. Simply go challenge the Battle Tower/Subway/Frontiers of Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, and/or Unova, and the reason for this nickname will be quite apparent.
    • NEET Trio for the characters Volkner, Riley, and Steven.
    • Genwunners: Those who are fanatical about Gen I Pokemon. (read as 'Gen One-ers')
  • Professor Layton
    • Gizmo - The robot dog you can assemble in the first game has no default name, but fans have chosen to dub it 'Gizmo'. Similarly, the hamster in the second game has been dubbed as 'Hamu' by Japanese fans.
    • Legal!Luke - An affectionate nickname for the aged up version of Luke, who appears in the third game. Also serves as a spoiler prevention device. Sometimes shown without the !, or shortened to just Legal.
  • Persona 3
    • Revolver Jesus - Used to refer to Takaya, the Strega member with a twisted messianic complex. The name is obviously explained by his striking resemblance to Jesus and the revolver he wields (with deadly accuracy and kickassery). (An oddity worth noting about this is Takaya's VA, Derek Stephen Prince, also voiced chaos in Xenosaga Episode I. chaos is referred to as "Yeshua", the Aramaic name of Jesus, in several Xenosaga games and spinoffs.)
      • Also Headphones Jesus (The Main Character) and Laser Jesus (Messiah)
      • Some fans refer to Takaya as Hippie Jesus.
    • Hulk Hogan - The Gigas-type shadows who are moddeled after the all-American Pro Wrestler. Seriously.
    • Minato Arisato - Who some people address the main character as; this is his name in the non-canonical Persona 3 manga.
      • The female version in the PSP version Persona 3 Portable has likewise been christened "Minako" (less popularly "Misato").
      • The female version can also be "Hamuko", after a (possibly intentional) misreading of the kanji for "Main Character".
        • Coincidently, she also resembles the title character from Hamtaro.
      • The main character is also often referred to as MC, for fairly obvious reasons; building on this, another nickname for the female main character is "MShe."
    • 22 - yet another nickname for the female main character, taken from the arrangement of hairpins in her hair (which appear to spell out XXII).
    • Eurydice - Originally the fan name for the Persona of the Female Protagonist in Persona 3 Portable. In Mythology, she is the wife of Orpheus, the Male Protagonist's persona. Though sources have confirmed she is just a Gender Flip version of Orpheus.
    • Bropei - Junpei Iori, especially after Yosuke in Persona 4 received the "Brosuke" nickname.
      • Much more common is his ingame nickname of Stupei
    • The Village People - Strega, due to their strange, unique, persona fashion choices (Hippie, Bomber Jacket, and Gothic Lolita)
    • The Avenging Left Hook of Death - Akihiko's critical hit, the most powerful attack of any of your party members
  • Persona 4
    • Brosuke Hanamura - Yosuke Hanamura, referring to his good ol' fist brawl in his max S. Link event, which kind of gives the vibes of "Bros before hos". He also is a real good friend. No, really.
      • Similarly we have Brotag (Brotagnonist), Brokiko (Yukiko), Brojima (Dojima), and Brodachi (Adachi). If Bro can be added to a name in any way someone will.
        • Japan calls him "Junes" after the store he works in
    • Rapedachi - Tohru Adachi, for, well... let's say throwing Mayumi Yamano to the TV world wasn't his initial plan.
      • Also Crazydachi, since he's... pretty off the deep end.
      • And Cabbage Man, thanks to one scene where he mentions buying too much cabbage at the grocery store.
    • Pringle King - Any Mook of the "King" archetype, but most notably the Great King (the one of the infinite money trick), for its resemblance to the mascot of a certain potato chip brand.
    • Captain Pistol - Referring to Naoto, before everyone found out that it was a girl dressing up like a guy.
    • The Inaba Scooby Gang - The Investigation Team and later the Seekers of Truth.
    • Falcon Kick - Chie's Galactic Punt that allows her to kick an enemy into orbit.
      • Dragon Kick is another popular nickname, especially when you consider that her most powerful attack is called God's Hand.
      • What, it's not called Falcon Punt?
    • Souji Seta - Who some people address the main character as; this is his name in the non-canonical Persona 4 manga.
    • Yukikikikiko - Yukiko, after a truly brilliant troll [dead link] started posting stories to the LiveJournal fan community.
    • The Shrieker - Rise for being easily the most annoying Mission Control in any of the games
    • T. Bearson - Teddie as in his appearance in Persona 4 Arena, due to donning a cape and a hat in the same vein of M. Bison
  • Portal 2 - Wheatley after he is plugged into the GLaDOS chassis, is sometimes referred to by the fans as "WheatDOS". It also happens to the the Portmanteau Couple Name for Wheatley/GLaDOS shippers.
    • There's also POTaDOS.
  • Rayman is sometimes known as "the Limbless Wonder" among fans.
  • Resident Evil
    • REmake - The Updated Rerelease of the original Resident Evil for the GameCube. REbirth is also used as well.
    • Tyrant, Wallsmasher - Names given to Mr. X in the second game.
    • Mr. Weskerson - Albert Wesker, for his distinctly Neo-like manner of dress and combat capabilities in Resident Evil 5.
    • Redfield PAAAAAUNCH, The Fist of Justice - Chris Redfield's extremely over-the-top hand-to-hand attacks in 5. His mighty fist can shatter tribal shields to useless flinders, send Majini flying back ten or fifteen feet, and even knock the aforementioned Wesker clean on his ass for a short time!
    • Tiger Uppercut, Flash Kick: Nicknames given to Wesker's and Chris's uppercut and backflip kicks respectively.
    • Chris Roidsfield - The aforementioned Chris, due to his heavily bulked up look in 5 (as compared to his appearance in the first game and Code: Veronica). Whether or not it's an affectionate nickname or a way to mock Chris depends on the fan in question.
    • Nina Jilliams: Jill Valentine in 5, due to her blond hair (as a side effect of her experimentation by Wesker) and the battle suit she wears while acting as Wesker's unwilling Dragon. As a result, she heavily resembles Nina Williams of Tekken fame. Before her reveal, she was also called "The Bird Lady" due to sporting a Cool Mask with bird motifs.
    • Ashley is so commonly a frustration that Goddamnit Ashley and Shutup Ashley might as well be her names.
    • Stevemonster: For Steve's transformation in CV.
    • Jailbait and Convict: Rebecca and Billy (even though Rebecca is 18 in Zero)
    • Agent Zebra: RE5's alternate costume for Chris
    • Leech-Marcus: To differentiate the real James Marcus and the clone of his body and memories created by leeches.
    • Bitch in the Red Dress: Although a canon name for Ada, in fandom it is generally a term of affection. However, referring to her as any sort of derogatory terminology besides that (i.e. skank in the red dress) is generally indicative of someone who dislikes her.
    • 'The Redfields' Used to refer to Chris and Claire collectively, and makes it into this section because oddly enough, it is never said in canon.
  • Rusty Hearts:
    • Busty Hearts: Some of the official banners have the ample Angela in centre spot.
  • S4 League
    • Mega Buster - The Cannonade, an Arm Cannon with a powerful charge attack and obvious yellow glow.
    • X-Buster - The Rail Gun, another Arm Cannon, but blue and a bit more deadly.
    • The Fist - The Counter Sword, which relies on a giant gauntlet for its most powerful attacks.
  • Saints Row"
    • The offical tag for the protagonist is 'The Leader of the Third Street Saints', but fans shortened this to '(The) Boss'.
  • Sengoku Basara/Devil Kings
    • Hondam - Honda Tadakatsu, stemming from the fact that he looks like a Warring States version of a Gundam.
    • Push Kick - Yukimura's Basara KO in Cross.
    • Most people refer to Takeda Shingen as OYAKATA-SAMAAAA.
    • Motorhorse/Motorpony - Date Masamune's Cool Horse.
    • Maggie - Female Saika Magoichi
    • KG/Cagey - Maeda Keiji
    • Emonari - Ishida Mitsunari, due to his unfortunate haircut and constant Wangst.
      • Mitsun by parts of fandom who label him as Tsundere.
    • Okra/Okranari - Mouri Motonari, who wears a large green hat that resembles said vegetable.
    • Ideasu/Ideas-kun - Tokugawa Ieyasu, after the American version misspelled his name as this in the subtitles.
    • Ukemura - Yukimura, due to his inevitable position in slashfic and doujins.
    • Kurokan - Kuroda Kanbe, for those who just simply want to shorten his name
    • Many in fandom mimic Motochika's crew and affectionately dub him 'Aniki'
  • Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne
    • Sidekick McHat- Isamu Nitta, who is easily recognized by fans and in-games characters by his large black newsboy cap. Even during the battle with Noah his God wears it.
    • Twizzler Girl - Chiaki after her transformation, where her arm gains the appearance of a certain candy.
  • Shin Megami Tensei: Raidou Kuzonoha VS King Abaddon
    • The Dragon Rangers - A group of sub-bosses Raidou fights at the Unsealing ritual. 4 out of 5 are recolors of the demon Qing Long/Seiryu, who's basically a big dragon. The one that is not a Seiryu recolor is a Ganesha recolor. Kohryu is the Sixth Ranger.
  • Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey
  • Silent Hill
    • Doorman - The "Abstract Daddy" monster from Silent Hill 2.
    • Jesus - Was used to refer to adult Walter from Silent Hill 4 even after the game's release to avoid giving away spoilers. A gamer only realizes the nickname refers to more than his appearance after his identity is revealed.
    • Triangle Man - Pyramid Head.
      • "Pyramid Head" itself is a fan nickname, as the monster is never referred to as such in-game. (James calls it the "Red Pyramid Thing" or something).
        • Actually, the eggs the two PH bosses are holding (which open the doors in their room) are described as "The egg Pyramid Head was holding" in game.
        • Also, when you examine the Great Knife, James refers to him as "Pyramid Head."
    • The Memory of Alessa, fought in Silent Hill 3 by Heather, is known to some as "Dark Heather," after Dark Link from The Legend of Zelda.
    • Silent Hill: Shattered Memories is sometimes referred to as "Sharded Memories" due to a flub during of the podcasts of Games Radar (or, alternatively, ShatMemz).
  • SimCity
    • Maxisland - Refers to the standard, generic buildings offered in the game. Usually discouraged by most due to their lack of color and blatant So Calinization.
    • Sim City Vanilla - Sim City 4 Rush Hour/Deluxe without a Game Mod.
    • Vanilla Landmark - A standard Sim City Vanilla landmark, or one that wasn't created by a player.
    • BAT'er - One who makes custom buildings for others to use in the game.
    • Growable - A building that grows in a zone.
    • Plopable - A building that one would "plop" in a city (like power plants, hospitals, and police stations for instance).
    • UDI - Short Acronym for "U-Drive It", which are missions one can take in Sim City 4 Rush Hour/Deluxe.
    • Functional Landmark - A Game Mod type of Landmark that can provide jobs.
  • Sonic the Hedgehog: Several of these come from the quickly stopped theme of having characters named after features or body parts they exhibit ("Tails", "Knuckles", etc.)
    • Nails - Rouge the Bat.
      • Many fans rather nickname Rouge to a lesser extent "Boobs The Bat", due to her breasts.
    • Dark Sonic - Shadow the Hedgehog.
      • Hyper Shadow/Hyper Knuckles - Shadow's and Knuckles' super forms, respectively. The second one was used canonically as Knuckles' More Than Infinite Hyper Emerald power up in Sonic 3 and Knuckles, as well as his first Super mode introduction in the Archie comics. Shadow's super form is explicitly labelled "Super Shadow" in data files on the disc of Sonic Adventure 2.
    • Rings - Marine the Raccoon.
    • Sonadow - Sonic and Shadow Shipping
    • Barrel of Doom - The infamous red barrel from Carnival Night Zone Act 2.
    • Maria-ia-ia: Name used for Maria Robotnik from Shadow's flashback at the beginning of the Shadow the Hedgehog game.
    • Julie-su: Shade in Sonic Chronicles, due to uncanny similarities between that game and Juile-Su's debut arc of the Archie Comics.
    • A Huge Twat: Name used for Knuckles in this Let's Play.
    • Consles/CONSLEZ WOOAAHH!, Alton: Nicknames used for the Alton Towers Resort Sonic voice, who turned out to Roger Craig Smith, but heavily edited, thus sounding terrible. First nickname comes from the line "Check out the consles! Woah!"
    • Ergo - Orbot, from a Verbal Tic in the first game that featured him, before he was named.
    • Blue Blur - Sonic
    • Rodent- Sonic
    • Dr. Fintevius- Ix
    • Little Miss Perfect: Blaze
      • Miss Goody Goody
    • Fat The Cat: Big
    • The Real Sonic 4, Sonic Skittles: Sonic Colors
    • God-Monster: Biolizard, Chaos, Black Doom, etc
    • Miss Dead Girl: Tikal
    • Sonic The Disaster: |Sonic '06
    • Sonic: Now Loading: Sonic '06
    • Peanut: Miles "Tails" Prower
    • Rocket: Knuckles
    • Generic Sonic: Modern Sonic (He was called "generic sonic" in the coding for Sonic Generations)
    • Fishing Fatty: Big
    • Down Syndrome Sonic: From a beta of Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island, wherein the main menu featured a rather unfortunately very cross-eyed rendering of Sonic [dead link] that was fixed for later versions. Coined by Sonic Retro.
  • Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine
    • In some circles the game is referred to as Warhammer 40,000: Plasma Marine due to the sheer effectiveness of the plasma cannon.
  • Splatterhouse
    • Captain Mozzarella - The giant head with melting skin that is the first game's final boss.
    • Legion - The final boss of the second game (officially known as Ultimate Evil), for its resemblance to the common Castlevania boss.
  • StarCraft
    • Among Starcraft players in the Korean professional leagues, standouts will invariably earn themselves a nickname to go with their real name (used by the leagues for records) and in-game alias. Some examples:
      • Lee Jae Dong (Jaedong) “The Legend Killer”
      • Lee Yeong Ho (Flash) “The Ultimate Weapon”
      • Ma Jae Yoon (savior) “The Maestro”
      • Lim Yo Hwan (SlayerS_Boxer) “The Emperor”
    • Particularly good or entertaining foreign players also receive nicknames:
      • Greg Fields (EGIdrA) “The Gracken”
      • Chris Loranger (EG.HuK) “HuK Norris”
    • StarCraft: Brood War units:
      • Zergling is usually shortened to ‘ling, with fully-upgraded zerglings called Cracklings
      • Ultralisks are often called Imbalisks (Imbalanced-Ultralisks) or cows.
      • Battlecruisers are nicknamed flying cows by some in reference to the ultralisk's nickname, as both have a massive amount of HP.
      • Bastard Probe, as probes are arguably the most annoying unit in the game, and most certainly the most annoying worker.
      • Darchons, short for Dark Archons.
      • Carriers are called Cars (Short for carriers) or Bananas (They're long and yellow)
      • M&M's: Marines & Medics. A devastating combination of units if used properly.
    • StarCraft II units:
      • Similar to Brood War, the Marine / Marauder / Medivac unit composition is called “MMM”.
      • A Medivac carrying eight marines is commonly called an Octodrop.
      • Using a Drop Ship to move units up to high ground or vice versa is called “Elevatoring”
      • Zerglings with the speed upgrade, but not attack are called Speedlings or Slings for short, while fully upgrade zerglings remain Cracklings despite Blizzard’s best efforts to change the lexicon.
      • In similar fashion, Banelings are called Blings or Banes, with the latter lending itself to “Bane Rain” when paired with upgraded overlords.
      • When cast, Infested Terran eggs lay on the ground for some seconds before hatching, and are referred to as Beach Balls. Unlike actual beach balls, these can seriously mess with unit pathing.
      • Mutalisks are occasionally referred to as T-Rex’s or Dinosaurs due to the shape of their wireframe icon in the user interface.
      • When using their Lair-tech ability to generate creep, Overlords appear to spew purple liquid out of their undersides. Needless to say, the scatological jokes abound, chief among them, Diarrhea.
      • Zealots with their speed upgrade are called Chargelots.
      • While Sentries themselves don’t have many nicknames, their most useful ability has lent itself to other nicknames – Nukes are known as the Terran Forcefield, and in the right situation, Fungal Growth is the Zerg Forcefield.
      • Due to their enormous, bulbous head and the way they tend to gently nudge each other when clumped up, Colossi are known as Walking Blimps.
      • Void Rays were once known as Void Ra’s due to professional player White-Ra’s tendency to use them during the beta.
      • The Archon Toilet, which involves using the Mothership's Vortex ability (with a spiral effect reminiscent of a toilet flushing) to immobilize units on one point of the map, letting archons and their splash damage to devastate them when they come out of it. Since patched out of existence via a split second of Mercy Invincibility.
  • Street Fighter
    • Boxer, Dictator, Claw - M. Bison/Balrog, Vega/M. Bison, and Balrog/Vega, respectively; used to avoid confusion in the international fandom.
    • "The Raging Demon" - Akuma's ultimate attack, the Shun Goku Satsu.
      • Which is actually the name that was officially given to it in the Street Fighter Alpha 2 manual.
      • Also "Tian" ("Heaven") among Chinese players, after the kanji that flashes on Akuma's back during this move.
    • Tasting the Rainbow - Getting hit by Gill's "Seraphic Wing" One-Hit Kill, which is a rainbow-colored circle.
    • Thunder Thighs - Chun-Li, whose hips are her most defining feature.
      • "Chunbuns" is also popular.
    • Cycloid Seth - Seth (duh) from Street Fighter IV; named after the Cycloid characters from Street Fighter EX Plus, who are known for having movesets consisting of moves of other characters.
    • THE RED CYCLONE - Zangief, of course! Must be written in ALL CAPS for maximum effectiveness.
      • Although this is a canonical nickname in the series too.
      • "Jazzy Russia" - The SFIV version of his iconic theme song.
    • Peter Griffin - M. Bison, due to his egregiously large chin.
      • He didn't always have that chin. Was also known as "Truck Driver Bison" during his Alpha incarnation.
    • Family Man - Guile, for obvious reasons.
      • Guile has a crapload of nicknames, mostly due to nobody knowing what "guile" was or meant when they were ten. Gweelie, Goolie, Gilley and more persist to this day. And in a more annoying vein stemming from the same idea, "Roo."
    • GARlie - Charlie, due to his extreme manliness. Also applies to Guile when wearing his alternate costume in Street Fighter IV.
    • Burgertits - C. Viper, for the way she cushions her necktie between her breasts.
    • The two incarnations of Cammy are distinguished as "Delta Red Cammy" and "Shadaloo Cammy" based on her different affiliations.
      • Although (technically) this is canon too.
    • Flash Kick - Guile and Charlie's anti-air specials, which are officially called "Somersault Kick".
      • Although, with the English dub of Street Fighter IV, apparently "Flash Kick" is just plain official now.
      • "Flash Kick" was always an official name. However, it was only used in the American versions of the games and never in the Japanese ones.
    • Flaming Torpedo - A very early fan name for the Psycho Crusher. Initially, when it was revealed to be actually called "Psycho Crusher", many fans didn't believe it.
      • In Brazil, way back: Roto-Rooter, due to the commercials of that plumbing method here.
    • Shotos (or Shotoclones) - Ryu, Ken, Akuma (Gouki), Dan, Sean and Gouken collectively get called this. The name comes from Capcom's designation of Ryu and Ken's fighting style as "Shotokan Karate" in the early English localizations of Street Fighter II (the style was never actually given a name per se in the original Japanese canon). This is also the term given to other so-called Ryu/Ken-types (such as Captain America (comics) in Marvel Super Heroes).
    • In the wake of the new Ultra Combos for Super Street Fighter IV, there have been several.
    • Ken Fighter IV - See the picture on Complacent Gaming Syndrome. Sometimes, it's followed by the subtitle "Sagat Strike".
      • Before that, there was Chun Fighter III: Ken Strike - Yun for the Future, thanks to the mass character balancing in III: Third Strike shuffling around all of the Character Tiers. Some characters (like Sean) were severely nerfed while Chun-Li, Ken, and Yun were thrust into top-tier. Now you know why videos of Tournament Play will usually involve those three characters (with Akuma, popping up at times).
    • From the above "Jazzy Russia" example, there is now a trend (presumably started by Alex's Jazzy NYC in III) of giving the title of "Jazzy [Insert Name of Hometown/Affiliated Location Here]" to any theme that is remotely jazz-based. In Super Street Fighter IV, we now have "Jazzy Metro" for Guy and "Jazzy Kyoto" for Ibuki.
    • Rekka - This one is more of a meta-example, like most video game lingo. A term used in Fighting Games to refer to a series of moves that require a repeated input of the same command to achieve its maximum effectiveness. There are two kinds, the first being named for Fei-Long's Rekka-Ken, in which the player must repeat the command QCF+ P three times to finish the combo. The second type is very similar to Type 2, but is distinct due to the fact that multiple followup attacks exist, providing the player with a more intricate plan of attack. A good example of this would be Kyo Kusanagi's Aragami and Dokugami specials and Karin Kanzuki's Gurenken (also from SF) which both start with the command QCF+ P, but have different properties and followups depending on which button was pressed. [2]
    • Bipson - Affectionate nickname for M. Bison (Dictator), created due to the magic that is Chris Hu commentary on a match between Andre "Twisted Jago" Lambert and Daigo.
      • DA BEST BIPSON: Jago himself.
      • BISON PRESSURE: Anything involving something astounding from Bison's pressure game.
  • Super Mario Bros.
    • Luigi's different incarnations have gotten nicknames:
      • Weegee - Luigi. Derives from the dubious pronounciation of his name in Mario Is Missing, a notoriously poor Mario-related educational game. Initially, the nickname referred to a bastardised version of the character as traced from his incredibly ugly sprite in the PC version, who was shopped into various images as a sort of stalker figure and spread through the internet, but eventually the nickname spread to the original Luigi as well as the fanmade Weegee. Origina are even older than that, going back to the Super Mario World comic from Nintendo Power (It's what Mario calls Luigi, EVERY TIME.) It is even recognized by Nintendo. Baby Mario calls Baby Luigi this in Mario & Luigi: Partners In Time. Whenever Baby Luigi is knocked out and neither adult Luigi nor adult Mario are on the battlefield, Baby Mario will exclaim: "WOAH! WEEGEE!!". Luigi himself can be heard using this pronunciation clearly. Yes, the adult one (in different games).
      • Gay Luigi - Luigi in Hotel Mario due to a Mondegreen where most hear Mario say "Nice of the Princess to invite us over for a picnic, gay Luigi" instead of "-c, eh Luigi." Also, Gay Luigi has sometimes been used as the name for Luigi's pink outfit in the Super Smash Bros. series.
      • Mama Luigi - Luigi in the cartoon allegedly based on Super Mario World, thanks to the episode "Mama Luigi," which gave birth to many memes and YouTube Poops (then he got frowned upon in the latter for overuse).
      • Emo Luigi - Luigi in a scene in the SMW cartoon episode "Gopher Bash", where he assumes a Troubled Fetal Position and cries, "It's All My Fault!"
    • Fat Mario - Mario in Hotel Mario for the CD-i, named for his weight shifting in the cutscenes.
    • Rainbow Bowser for the final Bowser fight in Super Mario 64.
    • Marty the Thwomp from Mario Kart 64.
    • Yvan & Wolley - The yellow and blue Toads from New Super Mario Bros. Wii. IGN asked to name the two Toads, and on June 03, 2009 02:44 PDT, IGN user britchesman88 came up with the names and explanations behind the naming, and IGN accepted them.
    • Peach Gear Solid, or Metal Gear Peach - The sections in the original Paper Mario where you play as Peach and have to sneak around the castle to get to certain points without being seen.
    • Kaminario/Simario - For Mario's Drill Power-up in Super Mario Galaxy 2.
    • Charlie - Chargin' Chucks, by the rather eccentric Let's Player Raocow.
    • Constipation Monster - The Snifits in Super Mario Bros. 2 due to looking like they're forcing out a turd before they shoot.
    • Face Ship - Starship Mario from Super Mario Galaxy 2, from one of Lubba's puns.
    • Bowser Bones and Skeletal Bowser - Dry Bowser.
    • Plit - The Mushroom World, the planet the games take place on.
  • Super Smash Bros.
    • Randall the Cloud - Affectionate nickname for the little smiling cloud that floats along the bottom of the Yoshi's Story stage in Melee.
    • Space Animals - A collective term for the characters Fox, Falco, and Wolf (and sometimes Captain Falcon as well).
      • Sometimes Space Furries, which, in addition to being more derogatory, conveniently has the same initials as the source series.
    • Seraphic Wing - Tabuu's attack in which he spreads his wings, sending out red waves that deal incredible damage and, on higher difficulties, are a One-Hit Kill. The official name of the attack is "Off Waves"; the nickname comes from the Street Fighter III boss Gill, who has a One-Hit Kill of that name that also involves spreading angelic wings (in his case it sends out a rainbow, hence its Taste the Rainbow nickname above).
      • Red Rings of Death - Another name for this bloody attack. Not to be confused with a certain other system-crashing ring (but might be named after that due to its Take That potential).
    • Thanks, Sakurai - name used whenever something undesired happens (such as tripping)
    • Big Gay Dance - King Dedede's Final Smash, officially Waddle Dee Army.
    • Great Pizza - Ike's Final Smash, officially Great Aether.
      • "I HATE YOU!" - Mondegreen for the Japanese version of said move.
    • "Hands off my bread!" - Another mondegreen. This time, of Falco's side taunt.
      • "Pizza cake."
    • Marshmallow Power - Lucario's Final Smash, officially Aura Storm. Lucario says "Watch the power of Aura"; players misheard this over the game's background music.
      • Kamehameha - Named because of how it's performed, and because Lucario in the anime is played by Sean Schemmel, Goku's voice actor (though not in Brawl).
    • ZA WARUDO - Luigi's Final Smash, officially Negative Zone. Inverts colors and possibly slows down the enemy.
    • The Guido Torpedo, Fist of the Don, Shoryuken - Luigi's Smash+B and Up+B super moves. The former is for when he launches himself headfirst at the enemy (and will sometimes explode and take off like a bullet). The latter's nickname only applies when Luigi executes the move at point blank range, resulting in about 30-40% damage and rocketing the opponent straight up into the air.
    • Captain Fabulous - Captain Falcon when wearing his incredibly fabulous pink and white racing suit.
      • Alternatively, Pride Falcon.
      • Breast Cancer Awareness Falcon. He is aware of breast cancer. He wishes to examine all breasts, to determine health. Yes.
      • Valentine's Day Falcon, anyone?
    • PK Shitstorm - Ness and Lucas' final smashes, officially PK Star Storm.
    • It's raining men - Pit's Final Smash
      • Alternatively, it has been know has his Jesus Powers, due to it being powerful if you're not a good dodger.
    • Heres's a few I've seen:
      • Goth Lucario - grey and black Lucario fur color.
      • Naruto/Ninja Pikachu - Pikachu with green headband.
      • HUPCHA/ the Butt Bump ("of doom" optional) - Peach's B+ side attack, officially the "Peach Bomber".
      • Maruigi/Luario - Mario in green clothing option/ Luigi in red clothing option.
      • Gothic - Sonic with those big black bands on his wrists.
    • KKKong for Donkey Kong's white fur color.
    • Old Manondorf - Ganondorf's white hair costume.
    • Longchu or Pikaman - Pikachu moveswapped with Ganondorf's moves. His body is stretched out to match Ganondorf's stance. (Also works with Donkey Kong.)
    • [character name here]cide - Suicidal grab attacks that kill both the user and his victim.
      • At home, Bowser's gets its own nickname - the 40-pound box of RAAAEEEPP! Try to say you don't see it.
      • Bowser, Ganondorf, and Dedede's suicide attacks (Koopa King, King of Evil, and "King" of Dreamland, respectively) are the Regicides.
    • The Forbidden Seven - The seven unfinished characters left in pieces in the game's data: Mewtwo, Dr. Mario, Roy, Toon Zelda, Toon Sheik (widely assumed to be Tetra), Dixie Kong, and "Pra and Mai" (assumed to be a Plusle and Minun tag-team duo).
    • The Evil Jigglypuff Empire. Born from how some people think that the Jigglypuff are up to something, and how devastating a good Jigglypuff player can be.
    • Deliberate name misspellings are also fan terms, like Snoic (Sonic the Hedgehog), Noss (Ness), and Chairzard (Charizard)
    • Dimensional Infinite Cape of the Knight - derogatory nickname for Meta Knight's Infinite Dimensional Cape trick, which involves abusing C-stick smashes to have Meta Knight's up-smash and Dimensional Cape simultaneously and endlessly which has been banned from Tournament Play.
      • Meta Knight's final smash is often referred to as "The Rape Cape."
      • Centripedal-Man for Meta Knight himself, many of his attacks, including all his special moves, involve spinning.
    • Halt, evildoer, lest you feel the awesome might of the KNEE OF JUSTICE!!!! (Cpt. Falcon's farcically powerful aerial side-smash.)
    • Ganondorf's Elbow of Injustice, another name for his powerful side smash.
    • Hot Topic-Ness - Ness in his shocking pink cap and black Mr. Saturn shirt.
    • AIDS Blade - Kirby's Up+B smash. Seriously, listen to it.
    • Goth (Fallen Angel) Pit = Pit in his black outfit.
    • Nazi = Lucas (given his Aryan appearance)
    • Puff Punch = Jigglypuff's Pound move. Been in the community ever since the first Super Smash Bros game, in fact.
    • Lysol Strike - Link's Down+A aerial attack. Because when one does this, it kills everything, "even the bacteria on the ground".
    • Spamalot for Hyrule Temple. It looks like a castle and you can spam. A lot.
    • Mr. Gaymanwatch = Mr. Game And Watch
    • The Turnip Alchemist for Peach. She can pull turnips (along with random Bob-ombs, light swords, etc) from the ground. Anywhere. On a spaceship, a pirate ship, and even in Pictochat, with seemingly no consequences or marks on the ground. She obviously has a Philosopher's Stone.
    • Super Sayian Sonic - Sonic's Final smash in Brawl.
    • Louie G - Luigi (based on the announcer's pronunciation of his name in Brawl)
    • Mennonite - Meta Knight (see Louie G)
    • F***in' Paunch - Falcon Punch
    • Giant Satanic Bowser - Giga Bowser
  • Super Robot Wars
  • Supreme Commander's overly verbose unit names are ripe for nicknames. Here's just a few:
    • "Flying Donut" or simply "The Donut" -- The Aeon's Czar Flying Fortress.
    • On the same coin, their Galactic Colossus has been called many things. "Iron Man", "Godzilla", even "the Gundam" once.
    • Cybran's Soul Ripper is constantly made fun of due to its sheer size and complete apparent lack of aerodynamics. The most common nickname seems to be the "flying frog".
    • Similarly, the Monkeylord is usually called the "Spider" or "Scorpion"
    • UEF's experimental construction platform's official title "Fatboy" has lended to some players to go there: "fatass!"
    • T3 artillery are usually dubbed "Mini-Maves" after the UEF's gamebreakingly long-ranged Mavor experimental artillery.
    • T1 bombers can be built practically right off the bat, very quickly, and are extremely fast, earning them a leading role in an age-old strategy, thus they are sometimes called the "flying Zerglings".
    • Members of the official forums who were there from the beginning may have trouble recognising the Black Sun device by any name but "Solar Bean." Also expect tales of "Cyberg Spiders."
    • Similarly, the UEF ACU missile launcher was so widely known as "Billy" that the name ended up officially used in Forged Alliance.
  1. ↑ Though you could also get one in Pokémon Yellow by connecting it to Pokémon Stadium
  2. ↑ Note that these should not be confused with chain/dial-a combos, which are a string of normal attacks in rapid succession. See Tekken, Darkstalkers, or Street Fighter Alpha for good examples.
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